Anna Felder
{{Short description|Swiss writer and playwright (1937–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
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| caption = Felder in 2009
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| birth_date = {{Birth-date| 30 December 1937}}
| birth_place = Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
| death_date = {{Death-date and age|15 November 2023| 30 December 1937}}
| death_place = Aarau, Aargau, Switzerland
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| occupation = Writer
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Anna Felder (30 December 1937 – 15 November 2023) was a Swiss writer and playwright.
Life and career
Born in Lugano, the daughter of a Swiss-German father and an Italian mother, Felder graduated in letters from the University of Zurich with a thesis about Eugenio Montale, to whom she was often paired in terms of style.{{cite news |last1=Cavadini |first1=Mattia |title=Anna Felder - Inezie, ironia e discrezione |url=https://www.rsi.ch/cultura/letteratura/Anna-Felder--1991096.html |access-date=13 December 2023 |work=RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera |date=16 November 2023 |language=it}} She made her literary debut with the novel Tra dove piove e non piove ('Between where it rains and where it does not rain'), first serialised in the newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung in 1970 and then published as a book in 1972, which was based on her experiences as a teacher of Italian immigrants' children in Aarau.{{cite news |last1=Kugler |first1=Hansruedi |title=Schriftstellerin Anna Felder (85) ist tot |url=https://www.tagblatt.ch/kultur/nachruf-die-poetische-grenzgaengerin-anna-felder-ist-tot-ld.2542638 |access-date=13 December 2023 |work=St. Galler Tagblatt |date=16 November 2023 |language=de}} She wrote four novels, numerous short stories and several stage plays and radio dramas.{{cite news |title=Trägerin des Grand Prix Literatur Anna Felder gestorben |url=https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/kunst/550518088-traegerin-des-grand-prix-literatur-anna-felder-gestorben |access-date=13 December 2023 |work=Watson|date=16 November 2023 |language=de}}
During her career, Felder received numerous awards and honours, notably two Schiller Prizes and a lifetime Swiss Literature Award. She died on 15 November 2023, at the age of 85.
References
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==External links==
- [https://encyclopedia.a-d-s.ch/Person/19083 Anna Felder] at A*dS Encyclopedia
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Category:University of Zurich alumni