SWISS LITERARY ARCHIVES

The 'The Swiss Literary Archives' (SLA - Schweizerische Literaturarchiv) in Bern collects literary remains in all four national languages of Switzerland (German, French, Italian and Romansh language).
The archives were foundated in 1991 and are located in the building of the Swiss National Library. The foundation can be tracked back to the last will of the writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt, who died in 1989. Dürrenmatt gave his literary remains to the state, but under the condition, that the state establishes a national archive for literature.
The Swiss Literary Archives today contain around 100 important literaty remains and premortal-remains and about 120 partial remains and collections. Among a lot of others, there are:

★ Peter Bichsel

★ Hermann Burger

★ Blaise Cendrars

★ Jacques Chessex

★ Albert Einstein

★ Heinrich Federer

★ Jean Gebser

★ Friedrich Glauser

★ Eveline Hasler

★ Hermann Hesse

★ Patricia Highsmith

★ Rolf Hochhuth

★ Ludwig Hohl

★ Urs Jaeggi

★ Walther Kauer

★ Hugo Loetscher

★ Golo Mann

★ Mariella Mehr

★ Niklaus Meienberg

★ Adolf Muschg

★ Paul Nizon

★ Josef Reinhart

★ Rainer Maria Rilke

★ Isolde Schaad

★ Annemarie Schwarzenbach

★ Carl Spitteler

★ Beat Sterchi

★ Walter Vogt

★ Otto F. Walter

★ Silja Walter

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★ The SLA’s website
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