Gertrud Leutenegger
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Gertrud Leutenegger
Gertrud Leutenegger was born in Schwyz, Switzerland, in 1948 and died there in 2025. She studied directing at the Zurich University of the Arts. After living in the French-speaking and then the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland for many years, she lived in Zurich until shortly before her death in 2025.
Gertrud Leutenegger was born in Schwyz, Switzerland, in 1948 and died there in 2025. She studied directing at the Zurich University of the Arts. After living in the French-speaking and then the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland for many years, she lived in Zurich until shortly before her death in 2025.
Awards (selection)
Solothurner Literaturpreis 2023
Shortlisted for the German Book Prize 2014 for Panischer Frühling
Shortlisted for the German Book Prize 2014 for Panischer Frühling
Solothurner Literaturpreis 2023
Shortlisted for the German Book Prize 2014 for Panischer Frühling
Shortlisted for the German Book Prize 2014 for Panischer Frühling
PUBLICATIONS
Latest first
Year of Publication: 2020
Gertrud LeuteneggerYear of Publication: 2020
Late Guests
A village near the Italian border. Late in the evening the narrator has arrived there after receiving news of a death. Orion, with whom she shared many years of her life before she ran away with...
Rights sold to:
Italy (Armando Dadò)
Year of Publication: 2014
Gertrud LeuteneggerYear of Publication: 2014
Panicked Spring
A volcanic eruption in Iceland brings all European air travel to a standstill, leaving tens of thousands of people stranded at the airports. While images of the gigantic ash cloud circulate around...
Rights sold to:
France (Zoé)
DISCOVER
News
On the Death of Gertrud Leutenegger
Gertrud Leutenegger died on 20 June 2025 at the age of 76 in her hometown of Schwyz.News
Gertrud Leutenegger Receives the Kunstpreis der Stadt Zürich 2024
Gertrud Leutenegger has received the award for her literary oeuvre.News