Halter, Ernst

ERIKA BURKART was born in Aarau, Switzerland in 1922. Throughout her career she published over 24 collections of poetry, 8 prose works, and was awarded numerous literary prizes, including the Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis (1961) and the Gottfried-Keller-Preis (1992). She was the only woman ever to have been awarded Switzerland's highest literary prize, der Grosser Schillerpreis (2005). She passed away on April 14, 2010. ERNST HALTER is a Swiss author and poet who lives in Althausern, Switzerland. He has been publishing poetry, short stories and novels for over 40 years. Among his most important...