WRITER

Fleur Jaeggy

1940 - Today

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Fleur Jaeggy (born 31 July 1940) is a Swiss author who writes in Italian. The Times Literary Supplement named her novel Proleterka a Best Book of the Year upon its publication in the United States, and her Sweet Days of Discipline won the Premio Bagutta and the Premio Speciale Rapallo. She was awarded the 2024 Gottfried Keller Prize and the 2025 Swiss Grand Prix de la Literature. As of 2021, six of her books have been translated into English. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fleur Jaeggy is the 2,773rd most popular writer (up from 3,869th in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 396th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Swiss Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fleur Jaeggy ranks 2,773 out of 7,302. Before her are Giacomo da Lentini, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Neil Postman, Alexandra Ripley, Heinrich Hoffmann, and Jonas Jonasson. After her are Ben Hecht, Budd Schulberg, Olympiodorus of Thebes, Commodian, Kekaumenos, and Thomas Otway.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Fleur Jaeggy ranks 203. Before her are Franz Müntefering, Roger Pingeon, Ali Saibou, Raoni Metuktire, Barbara Valentin, and Samuel Little. After her are Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Manfred Mann, Brian Bennett, Sandro Munari, Berit Mørdre, and Angela Carter.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Fleur Jaeggy ranks 298 out of 1,015. Before her are Heinrich Sutermeister (1910), Ignazio Cassis (1961), Oswald Heer (1809), Robert Frank (1924), Michelle Hunziker (1977), and Julius Maggi (1846). After her are Princess Elena of Romania (1950), Carl Meissner (1800), Flavio Cotti (1939), Vincent Perez (1964), Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672), and Gabriela Andersen-Schiess (1945).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Fleur Jaeggy ranks 31. Before her are Johann Peter Hebel (1760), Heinrich Glarean (1488), Isaac Casaubon (1559), Alphonse Matejka (1902), Peter Bichsel (1935), and Peter Bieri (1944). After her are Arthur Cravan (1887), Fernán Caballero (1796), Philippe Jaccottet (1925), Theodore Bibliander (1500), Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484), and Françoise Giroud (1916).

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