Gertrud Leutenegger Receives the Kunstpreis der Stadt Zürich 2024

Swiss author Gertrud Leutenegger has received the Kunstpreis der Stadt Zürich 2024 in recognition of her remarkable oeuvre.

In the judge’s remarks, the City of Zurich stated that Leutenegger “has been beating her own literary path for five decades. In each book, she has created an idiosyncratic, unmistakable work that begins with the micro and ends up incorporating the entire world. In her books, the political become poetic – and the poetry of her books changes our view of the world.