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Information about 2004 In Switzerland

See also: 2003 in Switzerland, other events of 2004, 2005 in Switzerland.

Events

Incumbents

Awards

Literary awards

  • Aargauer Literaturpreis 2004: Anna Felder
  • Prix Dentan 2004: Jean-Michel Olivier for "L'enfant secret"
  • Gottfried-Keller-Preis 2004: Klaus Merz
  • Prix Littéraire Lipp Suisse 2004: Yvette Z'Graggen for "Un étang sous la glace"
  • Prix Georges-Nicole 2004: Jean-Euphèle Milcé for "L'Alphabet des nuits"
  • Prix Eugène Rambert 2004: Thomas Bouvier
  • Prix Edouard Rod 2004: Georges Haldas
  • Grosser Schillerpreis der Schweiz 2005: Erika Burkart
  • ZKB Schillerpreis 2004: Christoph Keller for "Der beste Tänzer"
  • Solothurner Literaturpreis 2004: Barbara Honigmann
  • 2004: Felicitas Hoppe and Marcel Beyer

Film awards

  • Swiss Film Prize 2004 (Schweizer Filmpreis/Prix du cinéma suisse)
  • Fiction: "Jagged Harmonies - Bach vs. Frederick II" by Dominique de Rivaz
  • Documentary: "Mais in Bundeshuss - Le génie helvétique" by Jean-Stéphane Bron
  • Short film: "L'escalier" by Frédéric Mermoud
  • Performance in a leading role: Bettina Stucky as "Meier Marilyn" in "Meier Marilyn" by Stina Werenfels
  • Performance in a supporting role: Gilles Tschudi as "Secretary Goltz" in Jagged Harmonies - Bach vs. Frederick II by Dominique de Rivaz
  • Special Jury Prize: Corinna Glaus for casting the film "Ready, Steady, Charlie!"
  • Golden Leopard 2004: Private by Saverio Costanzo
  • Berner Filmpreis: Dieter Fahrer for the documentary "Que sera?"
  • Luzerner Filmpreis: "The Last Connection" by Marcel Baumann and "Wackelkontakt" by Ralph Etter
  • Cinéma Tout Ecran 2004: Best Film "Avanim" by Raphaël Nadjari
  • Zürcher Filmpreis:
  • "Im Nordwind" by Bettina Oberli, "Verflixt verliebt" by Peter Luisi, "Ma famille africaine" by Thomas Thümena, "Krokus – as long as we live" by Reto Caduff.
  • Fred van der Kooij, film director, and Matthias Brunner, movie theater director.
See also: list of movie awards.

Other

See also: Balzan Prize, Rose d'Or

Deaths

See also: deaths in 2004, list of Swiss people, 2005 in Switzerland#Deaths.
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See also: 2004 in Switzerland, other events of 2005, 2006 in Switzerland, Public holidays in Switzerland

Events

Public holidays in one or several cantons of Switzerland are marked (¹).
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Joseph Deiss (born January 18, 1946) is an economist, Swiss politician and a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC). From 1999 to 2006, he was a member of the Swiss Federal Council, heading first the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (1999–2002) and
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Samuel Schmid (born January 8, 1947) has been a member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2000. He is the head Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (the Swiss defense minister).

He was elected to the Federal Council on December 6, 2000.
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Max Binder (born 26 November 1947) is a Swiss politician and member of the National Council from the Canton of Zurich. He was the President (speaker) of the National Council for 2003/2004.
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The President of the National Council of Switzerland (Nationalratspräsident in German, Président du Conseil national in French, Presidente del Consiglio nazionale in Italian) presides over the National Council and the Federal Assembly.
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Fritz Schiesser (born 23 April, 1954) is a Swiss lawyer and politician.

Schiesser became a Member of the Swiss Council of States in 1990 as a Free democrat. President (speaker) of the Council of States in 2003/04.
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This is a list of Presidents of the Swiss Council of States.

Year Name Canton
1848 Jonas Furrer ZH
1848/50 François Briatte VD
1850/51 Johann Jakob Rüttimann ZH
1851 Paul Migy BE
1851/52 Karl Kappeler TG
1852/53 François Briatte VD
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The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland (German: Bundesgericht; French: Tribunal fédéral; Italian: Tribunale federale
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Giusep Nay (born August 9, 1942 in Trun, Grisons) was the president of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland for the years 2005 and 2006. He was elected to the Supreme Court in 1988 after being nominated by the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland.
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The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland (German: Bundesgericht; French: Tribunal fédéral; Italian: Tribunale federale
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The Gottfried-Keller-Preis or Prix Gottfried Keller is one of the oldest literary awards of Switzerland.

The prize was created by Martin Bodmer and is named after the Swiss author Gottfried Keller. It is awarded every 2-3 years.
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Klaus Merz, (* October 3 1945 in Aarau, canton Aargau) is a Swiss writer.

life

As a teacher (secondary school), Merz has worked in adult education. He has won several prices, e.g.
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The Solothurner Literaturpreis is a literary award for an excellent performance by a German language writer.

Awarded since 1994, the annual prize includes a grant of 20 000 Swiss francs. It is named after the city of Solothurn in Switzerland.
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Barbara Honigmann (b 12 February 1949 in Berlin) is a German author and artist.

Barbara Honigmann is the daughter of German-Jewish emigrants, who returned to East Berlin in 1947 after a period of exile in Great Britain.
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Marcel Beyer (born 23 November 1965 in Tailfingen, Württemberg) is a German writer.

Life

Marcel Beyer grew up in Kiel and Neuss. From 1987 to 1991 he studied German language and literature, English studies and Literary studies at the University of Siegen; in 1992 he
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Ready, Steady, Charlie! (Ge. Achtung, fertig, Charlie!) is a 2003 Swiss movie production directed by Mike Eschmann, starring newcomer Michael Koch, beauty queen Melanie Winiger and comedian Marco Rima.
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Saverio Costanzo (28 September 1975) is an Italian film director. His debut was Private in 2004.

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  • Saverio Costanzo at the Internet Movie Database

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Cinéma Tout Ecran (CTE), is an international film and television festival taking place in Maison des Arts du Grütli, Geneva, Switzerland. Artistic and General Director is Léo Kaneman.

External Links

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Avanim (2004) is Raphael Nadjari's fourth feature film. It was shot in and around Tel Aviv in 2003, in HDCam. The film was presented in the Berlin Film Festival as a Panorama: Special presentation in 2004.
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Krokus is a hard rock/heavy metal band from Switzerland.
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Roger Federer

Country  Switzerland
Residence Oberwil, Basel-Land Switzerland
Date of birth July 8 1981 (1981--) (age 26)
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Mario Botta (born April 1, 1943) is a famous modern architect born in Mendrisio, Ticino canton, Switzerland.

He designed his first house at age 16, although no-one mentions if it was built, and studied at the Liceo Artistico in Milan and the Istituto Universitario di
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René Baumann (born January 5 , 1968) better known as DJ BoBo, is a successful Swiss singer, songwriter, dancer and music producer.

Music career

René Baumann was born in Kölliken, Switzerland, to Italian father Luigi Cipiriano and Swiss mother Ruth Baumann.
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Micheline Calmy-Rey (born July 8, 1945) is a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2003. She is head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (the Swiss foreign minister) and President of the Confederation for 2007.
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Roger Federer

Country  Switzerland
Residence Oberwil, Basel-Land Switzerland
Date of birth July 8 1981 (1981--) (age 26)
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The Marcel Benoist Prize, offered by the Marcel Benoist Foundation, is a monetary prize that has been offered annually since 1920 to a scientist of Swiss nationality or residency who has made the most useful scientific discovery.
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