Fleur Jaeggy

Fleur Jaeggy is a Swiss author who writes in Italian, born in 1940. Her novel Sweet Days of Discipline won the Premio Bagutta and the Premio Speciale Rapallo, and her other books include the short-story collection Last Vanities and These Possible Lives. Proleterka was named a Best Book of the Year by The Times Literary Supplement when it appeared in the United States. Jaeggy received the 2024 Gottfried Keller Prize and the 2025 Swiss Grand Prix de la Littérature.