Pedro Lenz receives the AZ Medien Culture Award 2012
Author Pedro Lenz is the recipient of this year's AZ Medien Culture Award. The award honors Pedro Lenz as a master of words who breathes new life into the local dialect during his readings and touches people's hearts with his books.
Pedro Lenz, who lives in Olten, was born in Langenthal, Bern, in 1965. After completing his apprenticeship as a bricklayer, he took his Matura and then studied Spanish literature for a few semesters at the University of Bern. Since 2001 he has worked as a writer and columnist for various newspapers and magazines. He is currently on tour with a musical reading of his award-winning novel "Dr Goalie bin ig".
Pedro Lenz is the 14th winner of the Culture Prize. The award will be presented to him at a ceremony in early September. The AZ Medien Culture Prize has already gone to: Scuola Teatro Dimitri, Tanzcompagnie Flamenco en route, Egon Ammann, Hugo Suter, Franz Hohler, Ruedi Häusermann, Sonja and Roger Kaysel, Klaus Merz, Samir, Sol Gabetta, Beat Zoderer, Max Lässer and Andreas Fleck.
