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Swiss writers

154 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

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Ruth-Maria KubitschekPerson · Film memorabiliaRuth Maria Kubitschek (2 August 1931 – 1 June 2024) was a German actress born in Czechoslovakia.
Salomon GessnerIllustrator · IllustrationSalomon Gessner (1 April 1730 – 2 March 1788) was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher, and poet, best known in the latter instance for his Idylls.
Sami AldeebAuthor · BooksSami Awad Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh (in Arabic: سامي عوض الذيب أبو ساحلية / Sāmy ʿwḍ ʾĀd-dyb ʾĀbw-Sāḥlyh) (born 5 September 1949 in Zababdeh, near Jenin in the West Bank) is a Swiss Palestinian…
Sebastian MünsterAuthor · Maps and atlasesSebastian Münster (20 January 1488 – 26 May 1552) was a German cartographer and cosmographer. He also was a Christian Hebraist scholar who taught as a professor at the University of Basel.
Silvio BlatterArtist · PaintingsSilvio Blatter (born 25 January 1946 in Bremgarten, canton Aargau) is a Swiss writer.
Suzanne CurchodAuthor · BooksSuzanne Curchod (1737 – 6 May 1794) was a French-Swiss salonist and writer. She hosted one of the most celebrated salons of the Ancien Régime.
Theodore BezaAuthor · BooksTheodore Beza (Theodorus Beza; Théodore de Bèze or de Besze; 24 June 1519 – 13 October 1605) was a French Calvinist Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar who played an important role…
Thomas HürlimannAuthor · BooksThomas Hürlimann (born 21 December 1950) is a Swiss playwright and novelist.
Titus BurckhardtAuthor · BooksTitus Burckhardt (Swiss Standard German: [ˈbʊrkhart]; 24 October 1908 – 15 January 1984) was a Swiss writer and a leading member of the Perennialist or Traditionalist School.
Titus ToblerAuthor · BooksTitus Tobler (25 July 1806 – 21 January 1877) was a Swiss Oriental scholar.
Valérie de GasparinAuthor · BooksValérie Boissier, comtesse de Gasparin (13 September 1813 – 1894) was a Swiss woman of letters. She was a spokeswoman in topics such as freedom, equality and creativity.
Vico TorrianiPerson · Film memorabiliaLudovico Oxens Torriani (21 September 1920 – 25 February 1998) was a Swiss actor and Schlager singer.
Viktor KorchnoiAuthor · BooksViktor Lvovich Korchnoi (23 March 1931 – 6 June 2016) was a Soviet and later Swiss chess grandmaster and chess writer.
Vincent GesslerArtist · Comics and comic artVincent Gessler (born November 26, 1976) in Sierre) is a Swiss science fiction author based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Virgile RosselAuthor · BooksIllustration — Monument for Virgile Rossel in Tramelan
Werner KaegiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Kaegi (1977)
Wolfgang HildesheimerArtist · PaintingsWolfgang Hildesheimer (9 December 1916 – 21 August 1991) was a German author. He originally trained as an artist, before turning to writing.
Wolfgang StraubPhotographer · PhotographyWolfgang Straub (born 1969, in Waiblingen) is a Swiss lawyer and photographer.
Yul BrynnerPhotographer · PhotographyYuliy Borisovich Briner (July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985), known professionally as Yul Brynner, was a Russian and American actor.
Yvan GollAuthor · BooksYvan Goll (also written Iwan Goll, Ivan Goll; born Isaac Lang; 29 March 1891 – 27 February 1950) was a French-German poet who was bilingual and wrote in both French and German.

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