Dorothee Elmiger

Dorothee Elmiger

Dorothee Elmiger
Born	1985 Wetzikon, Switzerland
Occupation	Writer
Language	German
Nationality	Swiss

Dorothee Elmiger (born 1985 in Wetzikon) is a Swiss writer. She presently lives in Switzerland. Elmiger is considered one of the most promising young Swiss writers, especially after winning the second Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, the Kelag Prize, in 2010.

After finishing school her primary schooling, Dorothee Elmiger went to New Hampshire before beginning her studies of philosophy and political sciences at the University of Zurich. She received her professional training at the Swiss Institute for Literature in Biel/Bienne and at the German Institute for Literature in Leipzig, where she spent an exchange semester.

In 2008, she competed in Prosanova, a festival for new literature in Hildesheim. In 2009, she was a stipendiary at the literature course in Klagenfurt.

Publications

• Dorothee Elmiger u. a.: Dorf, Uerste Verlag 2009
• Einladung an die Waghalsigen. DuMont, Köln 2010, ISBN 978-3-8321-9612-7

External links

• Dorothee Elmiger wins the Bachmann prize
• „Bachmannpreis: Hohe Auszeichnung für Schweizerin“, swissinfo, 27. Juni 2010
• „Zweiter Preis am Bachmann-Wettbewerb für Dorothee Elmiger“, St. Galler Tagblatt, 27. Juni 2010
• „Schöner Erfolg für die Schweizer Literatur“, Tages-Anzeiger, 27. Juni 2010