Cédric Weidmann

Swiss writer, philologist and literary promoter

Cédric Weidmann
Born	(1991-07-29) 29 July 1991 (age 33) Affoltern am Albis, Affoltern District, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Occupation	Writer, philologist, literary promoter
Language	German
Citizenship	Switzerland
Alma mater	ETH Zurich
Genre	Short prose, essay
Notable awards	Wartholz Literary Prize [de] (2017)
Website
cedricweidmann.ch

Cédric Weidmann (born 29 July 1991) is a Swiss writer, philologist and literary promoter. He holds a doctorate from the ETH Zurich (2022).^[1]^[2]

Biography

In 2006, at the age of 15, Cédric Weidmann created his first author literary blog.^[3] He participated in cantonal and national literary competitions, published in literary periodicals, studied and then taught Germanistics, literary theory, and economic history at ETH Zurich.^[1]^[2]

Since 2013, he has been a member of the editorial board of the Zurich countercultural magazine delirium [de].^[1]^[2]

In 2022, he defended his doctoral dissertation, "Anticipating Nostalgia. Calculating the transformation of language and capital" (German: Antizipation der Nostalgie. Das Kalkül der Verklärung von Sprache und Kapital), in which, based on the material of science fiction works and political-economic theories, including the Marxist theory of surplus value, he developed a typology of nostalgia as a sociocultural phenomenon that devalues the past in favor of the future ("productive" type) or the future in favor of the past ("extractive" type).^[4] In the same year, he became the head of the Aargauer Literaturhaus in Lenzburg, an institution in whose work he had been actively involved since 2009.^[1]^[2]^[5]

Weidmann has published short stories, articles, essays on science fiction, futurology, video games, collective literary practices, and the relationship between literature and economics in various German-language media, including delirium, entwürfe [de], Das Magazin [de], Das Narr [de] (Switzerland), The Gap (Austria), Süddeutsche Zeitung, litradio (Germany),^[6] the thematic anthology Biocatalyst. Psychoactive Literature (German: Wirkstoff. Psychoaktive Literatur, 2022), etc.^[2]

Weidmann is the silver medallist of the Swiss Philosophy Olympiad [de] (2010),^[3]^[7] winner of the national literary competition Permanent Place (German: Stammplatz, 2011)^[3] and the Wartholz Literary Prize [de] (Austria, 2017).^[1]^[2]^[8]^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Aargauer Literaturhaus Lenzburg. Über uns. Das Team. Dr. Cédric Weidmann". 2023. Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Autor*innen. Cédric Weidmann". Skalpell Verlag. 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c W-Archiv (2023, Täterprofil)
^ "Das Kalkül der Verklärung in Sprache und Kapital. Dr. Cédric Weidmann". Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
^ Raymann, Anna (May 16, 2022). ""Ich kenne die Möglichkeiten": Was der Rückkehrer aus Zürich aus dem Aargauer Literaturhaus machen will. Mehr ein Zurückkehren denn ein Neuanfang: Cédric Weidmann hat viele Jahre das Jugendprogramm orchestrier, nun leitet er das Aargauer Literaturhaus in Lenzburg". Aargauer Zeitung. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
^ "Cédric Weidmann. Texte des Monats 2013: Abschlusslesung. Die Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner des Schreibwettbewerbs des Literaturhauses 2013 lesen aus ihren Texten". litradio. 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
^ "Bronze für Stucky. 5. Schweizer Philosophie-Olympiade SPO 2010" (PDF). Walliser Bote (75): 19. April 1, 2010.
^ "Wartholz Literaturpreis an Cedric Weidmann". [email protected]. March 12, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
^ "Österreichischer Wartholz Literaturpreis für Schweizer Schriftsteller Cédric Weidmann". ch-cultura.ch. March 13, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2023.

Sources cited

"W-Archiv" (Official website). Cédric Weidmann. 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
"Cédric Weidmann". Academia.edu. 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.

Bibliography

Dissertation

Weidmann C. (2022). "Abstract/Zusammenfassung" (PDF). Antizipation der Nostalgie. Das Kalkül der Verklärung von Sprache und Kapital: Abhandlung zur Erlangung des Titels Doktor der Wissenschaften (Dr. sc. ETH Zürich). Zürich: [ETH]. doi:10.3929/ethz-b-000602289. hdl:20.500.11850/602289.

Articles, essays

Weidmann C. (May 2013). "Eine Chance". Literaturhaus Zürich [de].
Weidmann C. (September 30, 2016). "Filmische Buchbesprechung zum Werk Kracht, Christian. (2016). Die Toten: Roman (2. Auflage ed.). Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch". Zenodo.
Weidmann C. (October 8, 2018). "Der diskrete Charme des angewandten Ballardismus. Mark Fisher, Nina Power, Nick Land: Was hat es auf sich mit der Begeisterung so vieler Zukunftsphilosophen für J. G. Ballard?". Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Weidmann C., Fanzun S. (2019). "Randkulturen. Lese- und Gebrauchsspuren in Autorenbibliotheken des 19. und 20. Jahrhundertss (Tagung in Zürich v. 15.–17.11.2018)" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Germanistik. 29 (3). Bern: Peter Lang: 620–621. doi:10.3726/92165_620.
Fanzun S., Weidmann C. (April 1, 2020). "How Likely Is It to Be a Bat?". Pop-Zeitschrift.
Weidmann C. (2022). "Letzte Besorgnisse". Wirkstoff. Psychoaktive Literatur: Anthologie. Niki Grieser, Patrizia Huber (Hg.). Zürich: Skalpell Verlag, delirium. ISBN 978-3-9525-0064-4.