Erica Pedretti
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Erica Pedretti, née Schefter (born February 25, 1930, in Šternberk, Moravia
, Czechoslovakia
) is a Swiss
author and artist.
Born in northern Moravia
, Pedretti went to Switzerland in 1945. She studied art and has achieved both a career as a writer and as a painter and sculptress. For a few years she lived in the United States
, but in 1952 she returned to Switzerland, where she married the Swiss painter Gian Pedretti. Pedretti has published texts since 1970, and since 1976 she has worked as an artist, especially as a sculptor.
In 1984 Pedretti received the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
for her text The modell and his painter and in 1996 the Marie Luise Kaschnitz Prize
for her novel Engste Heimat.
Moravia
Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...
, Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
) is a Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
author and artist.
Born in northern Moravia
Moravia
Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...
, Pedretti went to Switzerland in 1945. She studied art and has achieved both a career as a writer and as a painter and sculptress. For a few years she lived in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, but in 1952 she returned to Switzerland, where she married the Swiss painter Gian Pedretti. Pedretti has published texts since 1970, and since 1976 she has worked as an artist, especially as a sculptor.
In 1984 Pedretti received the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
The Festival of German-Language Literature, formerly Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, is a literary competition which takes place yearly in Klagenfurt, Austria...
for her text The modell and his painter and in 1996 the Marie Luise Kaschnitz Prize
Marie Luise Kaschnitz Prize
The Marie Luise Kaschnitz Prize is a German literary prize, awarded every two years in the autumn by the Evangelical Academy of Tutzing. It recognizes the lifetime achievements of writers in the German language. The monetary value is €7500.The prize commemorates Marie Luise Kaschnitz, who died in...
for her novel Engste Heimat.
Further reading
- Valentina Glajar: Narrating History and Subjectivity: „Vergangenheitsbewältigung“ in Erica Pedretti's „Engste Heimat“ (1995). In: Glajar, The German Legacy in East Central Europe. As Recorded in Recent German Language Literature, pp. 72–114. Camden House, Rochester NY 2004
External links
Portrait & Bibliography- Entretien avec Erica Pedretti par Patricia Zurcher (French/German)