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 ==