Liam
Administrator
With the publication of a 350+ pp. anthology of 20th century Swiss poetry by Dalkey, it seemed like a good idea to open a general thread on Swiss literature.
The only Swiss writer I am personally somewhat familiar with is Robert Walser, whose Jakob von Gunten is a magnificent short novel.
But as this anthology amply demonstrates, there is an entire handful of names of French-speaking, German-speaking and Italian-speaking Swiss poets whose work may or may not be familiar to Anglophone readers: Blaise Cendrars, Hugo Ball, Jacques Chessex, Hans Arp, Gerhard Meier, Philippe Jaccottet, Adelheid Duvanel, Arno Camenisch, Giorgio and Giovanni Orelli, Urs Allemann, Claire Genoux.
What are some of the other Swiss writers whose works you have read?
The only Swiss writer I am personally somewhat familiar with is Robert Walser, whose Jakob von Gunten is a magnificent short novel.
But as this anthology amply demonstrates, there is an entire handful of names of French-speaking, German-speaking and Italian-speaking Swiss poets whose work may or may not be familiar to Anglophone readers: Blaise Cendrars, Hugo Ball, Jacques Chessex, Hans Arp, Gerhard Meier, Philippe Jaccottet, Adelheid Duvanel, Arno Camenisch, Giorgio and Giovanni Orelli, Urs Allemann, Claire Genoux.
What are some of the other Swiss writers whose works you have read?