List of Swiss women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Switzerland or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

B

  • Elisabeth Baumgartner (1889–1957), Swiss author of play is Bernese German dialect
  • Béatrix Beck (1914–2008), Swiss-born Belgian writing in French, novelist
  • Maja Beutler (1936–2021), German-language novelist, short story writer, playwright
  • S. Corinna Bille (1912–1979), short story writer, poet, novelist, children's writer[1]
  • Teresina Bontempi (1883–1968), Italian-language Swiss journalist, editor
  • Irena Brežná (born 1950), Slovak-Swiss writer, journalist, activist
  • Erika Burkart (1922–2010), German language poet, short story writer, novelist
  • Martha Burkhardt (1874–1958), Swiss-born travel writer

C

  • Dominique Caillat (born 1956), playwright, non-fiction writer, works in German, French and English
  • Corinne Chaponnière (born 1954), Swiss-Canadian writer
  • Anne Cuneo (1936–2015), French-language novelist, journalist, screenwriter
  • Suzanne Curchod (1737–1794), French-language non-fiction writer, salonist

D

  • Laurence Deonna (born 1937), journalist, writer and photographer specializing in the Middle-East

E

  • Isabelle Eberhardt (1877–1904), French-language journalist, travel writer
  • Marianne Ehrmann (1755–1795), early German-language novelist, journalist
  • Ruth Erat (born 1951), German-language narrative works

F

  • Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998), German-language psychologist, writings on symbolism

G

  • Valérie de Gasparin (1813–1894), French-language non-fiction writer
  • Marthe Gosteli (1917–2017), Swiss women's history archivist and suffrage writer
  • Emilie Gourd (1879–1946), French-language journalist, feminist
  • Anne-Lise Grobéty (1949–2010), French-language novelist, poet, young adults writer

H

  • Anita Hansemann (1962–2019), Late start writer, books and libretto play
  • Eveline Hasler (born 1933), German-language novelist, children's writer, essayist, playwright
  • Jeanne Hersch (1910–2000), French-language writings on philosophy, human rights

I

J

  • Fleur Jaeggy (born 1940), Italian-language novelist
  • Zoë Jenny (born 1974), German-language novelist, widely translated
  • Hanna Johansen (born 1939), novelist, children's writer, translator

K

  • Isabelle Kaiser (1866–1925), poet, novelist, writing in both French and German
  • Agota Kristof (1935–2011), French-language novelist, poet, playwright
  • Christina Krüsi (born 1968), author of the autobiographical Paradise Was My Hell describing child abuse

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M

N

P

R

S

U

V

W

  • Silja Walter (1919–2011), nun, German-language poet, religious writer

Z

See also

References

  1. ^ Wilson, Katharina M. (1991). An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. Taylor & Francis. pp. 129–. ISBN 978-0-8240-8547-6.
  2. ^ "Papiers Noëlle Roger" (PDF) (in French). Bibliothèque de Genève.
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