Franz Hohler was born on 1 March 1943 in Biel/Bienne

Biel/Bienne

Biel/Bienne is a city in the district of the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.It is located on the language boundary and is throughout bilingual. Biel is the German name for the town, Bienne its French counterpart. The town is often referred to in both...

. He lives as an author and cabaret performer in Zurich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

. He is the author of one-man programs and satirical programs for television and radio. He has written theater pieces, children's books, stories and novels. In 2002 he received the Kassel Literary Prize

Kassel Literary Prize

The Kassel Literary Prize for Grotesque Humor , established 1985, is an annual prize awarded by the Stiftung Brückner-Kühner foundation in recognition of "grotesque and comic work" at a high artistic level. It is also given to literary professors whose work is connected to this theme...

for Grotesque Humor.

One of his most famous works is the "Totemügerli". It's a Swiss-German story based upon a fabulous creature.