René Frauchiger (born 28 July 1981 in Langenthal) is a Swiss writer, editor and teacher.
Biography René Frauchiger grew up in Madiswil. After an apprenticeship as a commercial clerk, he worked as a freelancer for the Berner Zeitung before attending the University of Basel where he studied German language and philosophy. In 2011, he founded the "narrativist literary magazine" (The Fool) together with and Daniel Kissling. As an author and editor, he has published a number books, including a literary cookbook, travel guides to Basel and Bern, and several novels. In 2017, Frauchiger was awarded a grant from the Fachausschuss für Literatur Basel. Since 2022, he has led the reading/writing workshops at the Aargauer Literaturhaus Lenzburg.
He debuted in 2019 with the new weird novel Giants Are Just Big People () published by , followed in 2022 by the novel Ants Find It Difficult to Speak () published by .
René Frauchiger is a member of the Associations of and the Swiss Speculative Fiction Authors (). He lives in Basel.
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