Roswitha Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 39 (2014) Winner
Gertrud Leutenegger
ゲルトルート・レウテネッガー
Gertrud Leutenegger
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1948-12-07 （Schwyz）
- Died
- 2025-06-20 （Schwyz） age 76
- Nationality
- Swiss
- Languages
- German
- Residence History
- Schwyz → Italian-speaking Switzerland → Romandy → Florence → Berlin → Japan → Zurich
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Poet, Playwright
- Active Years
- 1975-2025
- Affiliations
- Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
- Memberships
- Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
- Nominations
- Swiss Book Prize shortlist (Panischer Frühling, 2014), German Book Prize shortlist (Panischer Frühling, 2014)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zurich University of the Arts | — | Drama | — | 1976-1979 | Switzerland |
Zurich University of the Arts
Drama
Period:
1976-1979
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
Switzerland
Drama studies
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Roswitha Prize | Panischer Frühling | — | Town of Bad Gandersheim | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Solothurner Literaturpreis | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Schiller Prize of the Zurich Cantonal Bank | Matutin | — | Zurich Cantonal Bank | 受賞 |
| 1978 | Jury prize of the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1979 | Droste-Preis | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Roswitha Prize
2014
Work:
Panischer Frühling
Organization:
Town of Bad Gandersheim
Result:
受賞
Solothurner Literaturpreis
2023
Result:
受賞
Schiller Prize of the Zurich Cantonal Bank
2009
Work:
Matutin
Organization:
Zurich Cantonal Bank
Result:
受賞
Jury prize of the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
1978
Result:
受賞
Droste-Preis
1979
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Solothurner Literaturpreis
1 appearances
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Edition 29 (2023) Winner
Works
Major Works
Vorabend
1975 NovelCombines memories of childhood, dreams, poetic descriptions of nature and a quiet protest against the state of the world.
ChildhoodDreamsNatureWorld affairs
Panischer Frühling
2014 NovelA woman stranded in London due to the Eyjafjallajökull eruption forms a relationship with a homeless newspaper vendor.
StrangersInner explorationHuman relationships
Matutin
2008 NovelA person climbs a tower, focusing on the development of an inquiring mind.
IntrospectionInquiry
Späte Gäste
2020 NovelA vigil for a dead man in a villa.
DeathEscape
Bibliography
- Vorabend (1975)
- Ninive (1977)
- Lebewohl, gute Reise (1980)
- Wie in Salomons Garten (1981)
- Gouverneur (1981)
- Komm ins Schiff (1989)
- Kontinent (1991)
- Das verlorene Monument (1985)
- Meduse (1988)
- Acheron (1994)
- Sphärenklang (1999)
- Pomona (2004)
- Gleich nach dem Gotthard kommt der Mailänder Dom (2006)
- Matutin (2008)
- Das Klavier auf dem Schillerstein (2017)
- Späte Gäste (2020)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- First-person narrativePoetic visionSubjectiveUse of myth and fairy taleDreams and poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- Nature descriptionsEnvironmental issuesPolitical engagementInquiring mind
Legacy
A finely woven, quiet art with a tone all of its own, a searching, groping literature.
Quotes
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The fact that a stranger lets us into his interior is exciting, of such warmth and just as incomprehensible as being killed by him.
Source: Panischer Frühling (2014)
Trivia
- Her father was a book editor.
- She trained and worked as a kindergarten teacher.
- Worked as a custodian at Nietzsche House in Sils Maria.
- Lived in Japan for a long time.