The editorial team of SprachROHR introduces itself! You can find out who we are and what we like to do on page 4: www.stadtteilverein-rohr.ch/…/sr_26_1.pdf

It was an honor to interview so many exciting and unique personalities - you have enriched my life! A BIG Thank You as always to my family, friends and: Admins Du besch vo Rohr AG wenn..., Azadeh Eshaghi, Elisa Forte & editiorial staff La Sorgente #prolococaposele, Astrid Gautschi & Florian Gautschi, Sandro Geiser, Thomas Gerber, Corinne Gubler @aarau-standortförderung.ch, Cornelia Hättenschwiler, Suncica Ilija, Daria Moser, Iris Pfammatter-Gsponer, Janis Schneider @Flössi Aarau, Markus Regez @Greenpower AG Aarau, Schweizer Schreibfrauen, Sophia Siegenthaler @eniwa.ch, editorial staff @SprachROHR, Martin Weber @eniwa.ch

www.stadtteilverein-rohr.ch/archiv

www.lasorgente.it

A BIG Thank You to my family, friends and: Admins Du besch vo Rohr AG wenn…, Gerardina Cacioppo, Larissa Donatiello, Stefano Donatiello, Editorial staff @ SprachROHR, Azadeh Eshaghi, Elisa Forte & Editorial staff La Sorgente @Pro Loco Caposele, Janina Minder & rabbits Kaninchenauffangstation, The Monsters (official), Marc Philip Seidel @Museum Burghalde Lenzburg, Fabian Sieber @Gleis Bier Aarau

All interviews can be read on www.stadtteilverein-rohr.ch/archiv – www.lasorgente.it
in german and italian language.

Happy Birthday dearest Auntie Anna for your 90 springs, wishing you other ones filled with good health! Thanks from the bottom of my heart, having had perpetuated your magic story into ink!!
La Cartiera / Die Papierfabrik / The Paper Factory will stay my most emotional written work!!!

A BIG THANK you as always to my family, friends and: Pino Dietiker, Azadeh Eshaghi, Alexander Estis, Elisa Forte & editorial staff @LaSorgente & Pro Loco Caposele, Astrid Gautschi & editorial staff @SprachROHR, Zenergy Karin Guzzetta Czt, Janina Minder & Kaninchenauffangstation, Kantonsbibliothek Aarau, Daniel Schmid @Aargauer Kantorei, Schweizer Schreibfrauen, Marcello Wernli and last but not least my niece Seraina!

Yes, today it’s 20 years of my literary journey, which started in February 2003 in Buenos Aires during my writing holiday at my aunt Anna’s home.

Life works in a very misterious way, little I knew what would come up when I was walking around the neighborhood and crossing a guy called Ignacio De las Muas by accident, he greeted me and said he’s never seen my face before in the surroundings? I told him, I was hosted by Anna, writing down a book as a family document and he said, he was living just three houses away and being a publicist of the journal «El Barrio de Pueyrredon», we should get in touch with an interview, so he throw me on the front page with an additional report…I was not sure to laugh or cry about! In the same week I’ve been invited by Tim Cappelman for an interview to the «Argentinisches Tageblatt», a german journal founded by the Swiss Alemann family with an edition of 250’000 copies. This was the beginning of a beautiful journey and at the same a roller coaster. I turned back home and in May 2003 «Die Papierfabrik» was published. 

Since then I held many readings in various countries, interviews for many magazines and journals or newspapers, Radio-Talks and TV-appearances, among them a theater scenic reading, workshops for new beginners in writing a book or at schools, round tables, even a road movie directed by myself. There were co-productions, collaborations with other authors or correcting/overproofing their works.

I met wonderful people (some rude ones too, not naming names!) and I can count on a very gorgeous network all over Europe, States, South-America, Australia and Africa as well.

As I wrote at the beginning, it was until now a huge journey and at the same time a roller coaster, my writing carreer has its ups and downs. My journey goes on, actually engaged as a member of two editional staffs. And of course there are some other challenging projects, which I would like to see realized!

Recently I’ve found in Mums‘ memorabilia something were lovely! My parents were featured in L’ECO, an Italian newspaper for the Italian emigrants in Switzerland. My father was working in his free time as a marketing-man for this newspaper and he found a lot of subscribers to this paper. As THE top perfomer, the direction of the newspaper gave him as a bonus a new car, the Alfa Romeo Giulietta!

Once a year parents can take along their children to their working place and introduce them to their job and tasks, so the kids can have a look over the shoulder, or they are able to do some little tasks too. In my case my nephew Matteo has accompanied me and he had the chance to see my working place. I introduced him to do some floor plan calculations of square meters, reading building descriptions and doing a real estate evaluation. The day was completed with an online thrilling trail of chasing and arresting a hacker. The target of this future day is to prepare the pupils to take a decision if they want to continue studies or for an apprenticeship. Switzerland is probably the only country who applies the dual system of formation by working at a company for 3 days a week and the other 2 days at the professional school. It was fun working with my nephew, but strenuous too for both 🙂 We’ll see what he wants to become!!

It’s time to give space to someone very important to whom I’ve been working for the past seven years! It’s my Co-producer Werner Strähl, the one who acts as a lector, proofreader, mentor, detractor, creative director and manager. I’m very thankful, proud and of course happy about 0f what we brought out together: 5 book productions! Well, it’s a long time history!

Grazie mille, Werner!