Peter Zeindler (18 February 1934 – 7 May 2023) was a Swiss journalist,

crime fiction Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professiona ...

writer, and playwright. He was born and died in

Zürich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

.Katja Schönherr, Felix Münger
''Peter Zeindler mit 89 Jahren gestorben.''
In: srf.ch, 25 May 2023, retrieved 25 May 2023. His play ''Der Eremit'' was first staged at the Stadttheater in

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in 1966. The play ''Kurzschluss'' was first staged at the

Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe The Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe is a theatre and opera house in Karlsruhe, Germany. It has existed in its present form and place at Ettlinger Tor since 1975. Achim Thorwald became the Theater manager, Intendant in summer 2002 and held that ...

in 1969. The comedy ''Der Kurgast'' was staged at Theater am Hechtplatz in Zürich in 1985. Among his crime novels are ''Tarock'' from 1982, ''Die Ringe des Saturn'' from 1984, ''Der Zirkel'' from 1985, and ''Das Sargbukett'' from 1992. In 2009, he published the book ''Die Meisterpartie'', a collection of criminal short stories. He was awarded the Deutscher Krimi Preis four times, in 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1992. Among other awards is the Honorary Award from the city of Zürich in 1995.

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1934 births 2023 deaths Writers from Zurich Swiss crime fiction writers Swiss male novelists Swiss dramatists and playwrights Swiss male dramatists and playwrights Swiss journalists 20th-century Swiss novelists 21st-century Swiss novelists 20th-century Swiss male writers 21st-century Swiss male writers {{Switzerland-bio-stub