Overview

• Gertrud Leutenegger died on June 20, 2025, in her native Schwyz at the age of 76, as confirmed by Suhrkamp Verlag via her daughter.
• She was born in 1948 in Schwyz and studied directing at the Schauspiel-Akademie Zürich before working as a directing assistant in Hamburg.
• Leutenegger first gained acclaim as a poet and published her debut novel "Vorabend" in 1975.
• Her 2014 novel "Panischer Frühling" reached the shortlist for the German Book Prize.
• She received the Roswitha Prize in 2014 and was elected to Germany’s language academy in 2010.