Urs Allemann (1 April 1948 – 24 November 2024) was a Swiss writer and journalist.
Allemann was born on 1 April 1948 in Schlieren, Switzerland, but grew up in Bonn and Berlin.
From 1986 to 2005 he was literary editor on the arts section of the Basler Zeitung newspaper in Basel.
[1] He is known for his experimental prose style and has courted controversy in the past: his 1992 novel Babyfucker caused a minor scandal when it was presented in a literary competition (where despite protests from some of the judges, it went on to win the second-place Prize of Carinthia).
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