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Ruth Schweikert

ルート・シュヴァイクハルト

Rūto Shuvuaikaruto

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1964-07-15 （Lörrach, Germany）
Died
2023-06-04 age 58
Nationality
Swiss
Languages
German
Residence History
Zurich, Switzerland

Career

Occupations
writer
Active Years
1994-2023
Affiliations
Suisseculture, Literatur Institute (Bern Academy of the Arts)

Awards

Swiss Schiller Foundation Prize
1999
Organization: Schweizerische Schillerstiftung
Result: 受賞
Art Prize of the City of Zurich
2016
Organization: City of Zurich
Result: 受賞
Solothurn Literature Prize
2016
Result: 受賞
Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis
1994
Work: 50 Franken
Result: Bertelsmann-Stipendium
Schillerpreis der Zürcher Kantonalbank
2020
Work: Tage wie Hunde
Organization: Zürcher Kantonalbank
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Augen zu (Eyes Shut)

1998 novel

A novel about closing eyes.

familylife

Ohio

2005 novel

Novel set in Ohio.

familygrowing up

How we get older (Wie wir älter werden)

2015 novel

Novel about aging.

agingfamily

Days Like Dogs (Tage wie Hunde)

2019 novel

Last novel based on cancer experience.

illnesslife

Bibliography

  • Erdnüsse. Totschlagen (1994)
  • Paris. Reflexionen (1996)
  • Augen zu (1998)
  • Ohio (2005)
  • Wie wir älter werden (2015)
  • Tage wie Hunde (2019)
  • Fallen Sie Nicht. Fliegen Sie lieber (2025)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
elementary, anarchic, with an irrepressible zest for life and an impetuous narrative power
Recurring Motifs
encyclopedia of the unhappy family, declaration of love for the family

Health

  • breast cancer
    2016-2023
    Used as theme for last novel, died in 2023

Legacy

Known as a powerful voice for a new young generation in Swiss literature, awarded numerous prizes, acclaimed for family-themed works.

Trivia

  • Married to filmmaker Eric Bergkraut, survived by husband and five sons.