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Maja Beutler

Maja Beutler was a Swiss writer who wrote in German. She published seven novels, three collections of short stories and three other collections of radio commentaries. She won four Bernese Book Prizes, a Schiller Prize and a Welti Prize.

Career
Beutler was born in Bern on 8 December 1936, and was an only child. Her mother was German-Swiss and her father, who owned a printing press, was Italian-Austrian. She learned interpretation in Zurich, and studied in France, England and Italy, working as an interpreter for a food company and as a conference organizer at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Rome. She was awarded four Bernese Book Prizes, a Schiller Prize and a Welti Prize for Drama. == Works ==
Works
Flissingen fehlt auf der Karte. Geschichten. Zytglogge, Gümligen 1976 • Das Blaue Gesetz, Uraufführung 1979 • Der Traum, Ballettlibretto, Uraufführung 1980 • Fuss fassen. Roman. Zytglogge, Gümligen 1980 • Die Wortfalle. Roman. Benziger, Zürich 1983 • Das Marmelspiel, Uraufführung 1985 • Das Bildnis der Doña Quichotte. Erzählungen. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich 1989 • Lady Macbeth wäscht sich die Hände nicht mehr, Uraufführung 1994 • Die Stunde, da wir fliegen lernen. Roman. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich 1994 • Schwarzer Schnee. Erzählungen & Das Album der Signora. Zytglogge, Oberhofen 2009 == Prizes ==
Prizes
• Buchpreis der Stadt Bern (1976/1980/1984) • Preis der Schillerstiftung (1983) • Welti-Preis für das Drama (1985) • Literaturpreis der Stadt Bern (1988) == References ==
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