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Fleur Jaeggy

フルール・イェッギー

Furūru Yeggī

Pen Names: Carlotta WieckUsed in collaboration with Italian musician Franco Battiato

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1940-07-31 (Zurich)
Nationality
Swiss
Languages
Italian, German, French
Residence History
Zurich, Switzerland → Rome → Milan

Career

Occupations
Writer, Translator
Active Years
1968-
Affiliations
Adelphi Edizioni
Influenced By
Ingeborg Bachmann, Thomas Bernhard

Awards

Premio Bagutta
1989
Work: Sweet Days of Discipline
Result: 受賞
Premio Speciale Rapallo
1989
Work: Sweet Days of Discipline
Result: 受賞
Viareggio Prize
2002
Result: 受賞
Gottfried Keller Prize
2024
Result: 受賞
Swiss Grand Prix de la Littérature
2025
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sweet Days of Discipline

1989 Novel

A story of discipline and emotions among girls in a boarding school.

DisciplineSolitudeYouth
Translations
  • Trans. Tim Parks

Bibliography

  • Il dito in bocca (1968)
  • L'angelo custode (1971)
  • The Water Statues (1980)
  • Sweet Days of Discipline (1989)
  • Last Vanities (1994)
  • S. S. Proleterka (2001)
  • These Possible Lives (2009)
  • I Am the Brother of XX (2014)

Translations by Author

  • Marcel Schwob, Vite immaginarie
  • Thomas de Quincey, Gli ultimi giorni di Immanuel Kant

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Austere and precise style
Recurring Motifs
SolitudeDeathDiscipline

Legacy

Swiss writer in Italian known for austere, poetic novels. Works translated into over 20 languages.

Trivia

  • Married to Roberto Calasso.
  • Collaborated with Franco Battiato under pseudonym.