Born in 1955 in Menziken, Switzerland. Following his A Levels, Martin travelled extensively, to the Caribbean, Portugal, Italy and Greece, with extended stays in the South of France and frequent visits to Paris. He studied German, Ethnology and Philosophy at Basel University, where he graduated. Since 1982 he published over a dozen books, novels, essays, memoirs and textbooks, and received many prizes and awards. He is a teacher at a secondary school in Muttenz near Basel. From 2009 to 2016 Martin taught creative writing at Schweizerisches Literaturinstitut in Biel and at Literaturhaus Basel. www.mrdean.ch Agent: Christian Dittus [...]

Martin Dahinden was born in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1955. He earned a Ph.D. inEconomics (Business Administration) from the University of Zurich. Before joiningthe diplomatic service, he worked as a postgraduate assistant at the university, and was then employed by a bank and a publishing house. Martin Dahinden has been appointed as Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States of America in 2014. Prior to that, he served as Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) from 2008 to 2014 and headed the Directorate of Corporate Management of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) [...]