Semadeni wins top Swiss literature award
Leta Semadeni, who writes both in Romansh and German, has been awarded this year’s Swiss Grand Prix for Literature for her life’s work.
The Federal Office for Culture said the main prize worth CHF40,000 ($43,306) honours the 78-year old Engadine-born author for her oeuvre which includes poetry as well as prose, novels and children's books.
Semadeni explores language barriers and plays with them, according to a press release on Thursday.
A characteristic of her writing is its "raw beauty" and the recurring appearance of animals.
The author who writes in the minority Swiss language Romansh and in German has been translated into several European languages.
Semadeni became known with poetry collections such as In mia vita da vuolp (In my life as a fox) in 2010/2017, with her novels Tamangur (2015) and Amur, grosser Fluss (2022) or with Tulpen/Tulipanas (2019). Read More…
