Ruth Schweikert
Swiss writer (1964-2023) · Switzerland · On the map · Writers · Died at 58
Ruth Schweikert was a Swiss writer. She is best known for her novels Augen zu (1998), Ohio (2005) and How we get older (2015). Schweikert was awarded a number of prizes, including the Swiss Schiller Foundation Prize in 1999, the Art Prize of the City of Zurich in 2016 and the Solothurn Literature Prize, also in 2016.
Ruth Schweikert is read about 13 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 23 September 2026
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2023Died4 June 20232016Solothurner LiteraturpreisAwardSwiss Literature PrizeAward2015Stadtschreiber von BergenAward1964Born15 July 1964
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About this person
Country
Switzerland
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1964 to 2023 · aged 58
Where to find them
The same award as Ruth
Hanna JohansenBoth received Swiss Literature Prize
Iris WolffBoth received Solothurner Literaturpreis
Elisa Shua DusapinBoth received Swiss Literature Prize
Klaus MerzBoth received Solothurner Literaturpreis
Thomas HettcheBoth received Solothurner Literaturpreis
Laurence BoissierBoth received Swiss Literature Prize
Iris WolffBoth received Solothurner LiteraturpreisElisa Shua DusapinBoth received Swiss Literature PrizeKlaus MerzBoth received Solothurner LiteraturpreisThomas HettcheBoth received Solothurner LiteraturpreisLaurence BoissierBoth received Swiss Literature Prize