Armin Öhri

Armin Öhri (born September 23, 1978) is a Liechtensteiner writer who was among the winners of the 2014 European Union Prize for Literature. He received it for Die dunkle Muse (The Dark Muse), the first novel of a crime series. Armin Öhri grew up in Ruggell and works in Switzerland. He has been active since 2009. His works are influenced by 19th century crime fiction. He is a best-selling author in Liechtenstein.

Life Armin Öhri was born on 23 September 1978 and grew up in Ruggell in Liechtenstein. He studied history, philosophy and German linguistics and literature at the University of Bern. Öhri lives in Switzerland, where he works in education at a business school. His work includes stories and novels. His debut novel was published by van Eck Verlag in 2009, and was called Das Nachtvolk. He also founded the Liechtenstein Authors' Association 'IG Wort'.

Works

Das Nachtvolk. Erzählung. Van Eck-Verlag 2009. Die Entführung. Erzählung. Gmeiner-Verlag 2010, Sinfonie des Todes. Historischer Kriminalroman. Gmeiner-Verlag 2011, Die dunkle Muse. Julius Bentheims erster Fall. Historischer Kriminalroman. Gmeiner-Verlag 2012. Translated into Albanian, Spanish, Italian and Croatian. Der Bund der Okkultisten. Julius Bentheims zweiter Fall. Historischer Kriminalroman. Gmeiner-Verlag 2014, Die Dame im Schatten. Julius Bentheims dritter Fall. Historischer Kriminalroman. Gmeiner-Verlag 2015, Die letzte Reise der Hindenburg. Kurzroman. E-Book, Gmeiner-Verlag, 2016 Professor Harpers Expedition. Historischer Roman. E-Book, Gmeiner-Verlag, 2016 Liechtenstein. Klein, aber oho Herausgeber. Gmeiner-Verlag, 2016, Liechtenstein. Roman einer Nation. Zeitgeschichtlicher Kriminalroman. Gmeiner-Verlang 2016,