• and Romansch form the four branches which make up a literature of Switzerland. The original Swiss Confederation, from its foundation in 1291 up to 1798...
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  • The Swiss Literature Awards (which were known as the Federal Literature Awards) is a Swiss literary award presented by the Federal Office of Culture (FOC)...
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    the population of Switzerland were native speakers of German (either Swiss or Standard German) at home; 22.8% French (mostly Swiss French, but including...
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    Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France...
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  • literature Sorbian literature Spanish literature Swedish literature Swiss literature Ukrainian literature Welsh literature Yiddish literature Medieval and early...
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    of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of...
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    The early modern history of the Old Swiss Confederacy (Eidgenossenschaft, also known as the "Swiss Republic" or Republica Helvetiorum) and its constituent...
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    Heidi (category 19th-century Swiss novels)
    written and is among the best-known works of Swiss literature. In the town of Dörfli ('small village' in Swiss German), lived two brothers. The older wasted...
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    name: Switzerland Official English country name: The Swiss Confederation Common endonym(s): Official endonym(s): Adjectival: Swiss Demonym: Swiss Etymology:...
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    Solothurner Literaturpreis Swiss Book Prize S.E.A.Write Award Sriburapha Award Erdal Oz Literature Award Sedat Simavi Literature Award Shevchenko National...
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  • list of literature pages categorized by country, language, or cultural group. Sometimes these literatures will be called national literatures because...
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    is a list of Swiss poets, consisting of both authors native to Switzerland, and authors born elsewhere who have influenced Swiss literature through their...
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  • Swiss dagger (Schweizerdolch) which are attested in the 16th century, Schweizersäbel is a modern term, coined by antiquarian and curator of the Swiss...
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    is no doubt the story would have been admitted to the canon of world literature even if we had known nothing about its author. According to Peter-André...
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  • Swiss Standard German (SSG; German: Schweizer Standarddeutsch), or Swiss High German (German: Schweizer Hochdeutsch or Schweizerhochdeutsch), referred...
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    1946 the Nobel committee received one nomination for Hesse by the Swiss literature professor and author Robert Faesi, and one nomination by Anders Österling...
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    The 1919 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Swiss poet Carl Spitteler (1845–1924) "in special appreciation of his epic, Olympian Spring." Spitteler...
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    Asturian literature Catalan literature Galician-language literature Swedish literature Swiss literature Turkish literature Ukrainian literature Yiddish...
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  • collector 15th century in poetry 14th century in literature 16th century in literature List of years in literature "History of Guildhall Library". City of London...
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    yodeling. Other Swiss cultural icons include Swiss chocolate, Swiss cheese, watches, cowbells, banking, and the Swiss Army knives. Folk art is kept alive in...
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    The Swiss Literary Archives (SLA - Schweizerische Literaturarchiv) in Bern collects literary estates in all four national languages of Switzerland (German...
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    GEDOK literature prize 2006: Winner of the Scholarship Island Writers on Sylt 2008: Solothurner Literaturpreis 2008: Heimito von Doderer Literature Prize...
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    theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature. He is widely considered by theatre historians to be the first dramaturg...
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    Erich Maria Remarque (category Emigrants from Nazi Germany to Switzerland)
    an international bestseller and a landmark work in twentieth-century literature. It inspired a new genre of veterans writing about conflict, and the commercial...
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    very Swiss" by the Swiss Bankers Association. List of Swiss financial market regulation List of banks in Switzerland Commodities trading in Switzerland "Automatic...
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  • teenager. One of Om's clients, whom Greta refers to as "Big Swiss" for her height and Swiss origins, is a 28-year-old gynecologist who has never had an...
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    The Nobel Prize in Literature (here meaning for literature; Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually...
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    Ticino. Languages of Switzerland Italian immigration to Switzerland Italy–Switzerland relations Swiss French Swiss German Swiss Standard German Ticinese...
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    with Klaus to North Africa in 1929, they met Annemarie Schwarzenbach, a Swiss writer and photographer, who remained close to them for the next few years...
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    Hunt's original edition. Andrew Lang's introduction is also included.) Literature by and about Wilhelm Grimm in the German National Library catalogue Works...
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