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List of Swiss women writers

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

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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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

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References

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  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.