UJ
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Swiss artist
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
23 June 1931(Solothurn, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland)
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Children:
Rahel Jaeggi
The details
Biography
Urs Jaeggi (born 23 June 1931 in Solothurn, Switzerland) is a Swiss sociologist, painter, and author. From 1964 to 1993, he was a Professor of Sociology and Social Philosophy in Bern, Bochum, New York, Berlin. and He published numerous novels, short stories, essays as well as scientific books. He won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 1981. He has participated in solo and group exhibitions since 1985. Presently he lives in Berlin and Mexico City.