Alex Capus was born on 23 July 1961 in Mortagne-au-Perche, France, to a French father and a Swiss mother, and holds dual citizenship. He writes in German and lives in Olten, Switzerland. After reading history, philosophy and ethnology at the University of Basel, he worked as a journalist for several Swiss newspapers and as an editor at the Swiss News Agency before turning to writing full time. His books include Eine Frage der Zeit (2007), Léon und Louise (2011), Der Fälscher, die Spionin und der Bombenbauer (2013) and Susanna (2022). He has also translated John Fante and John Kennedy Toole into German, and received the Canton of Solothurn art prize in 2020.
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Alex Capus was born on 23 July 1961 in Mortagne-au-Perche, France, to a French father and a Swiss mother, and holds dual citizenship. He writes in German and lives in Olten, Switzerland. After reading history, philosophy and ethnology at the University of Basel, he worked as a journalist for several Swiss newspapers and as an editor at the Swiss News Agency before turning to writing full time. His books include Eine Frage der Zeit (2007), Léon und Louise (2011), Der Fälscher, die Spionin und der Bombenbauer (2013) and Susanna (2022). He has also translated John Fante and John Kennedy Toole into German, and received the Canton of Solothurn art prize in 2020.
