Maja Beutler

Maja Beutler (nee Maroni; 8 December 1936 – 15 December 2021) was a Swiss writer who wrote in German. She published seven novels, three collections of short stories and three other collections of radio commentaries. She won four Bernese Book Prizes, a Schiller Prize and a Welti Prize.

Career Beutler was born in Bern on 8 December 1936, and was an only child. Her mother was German-Swiss and her father, who owned a printing press, was Italian-Austrian. She learned interpretation in Zurich, and studied in France, England and Italy, working as an interpreter for a food company and as a conference organizer at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Rome. She was awarded four Bernese Book Prizes, a Schiller Prize and a Welti Prize for Drama.

Works Flissingen fehlt auf der Karte. Geschichten. Zytglogge, Gümligen 1976 Das Blaue Gesetz, Uraufführung 1979 Der Traum, Ballettlibretto, Uraufführung 1980 Fuss fassen. Roman. Zytglogge, Gümligen 1980 Die Wortfalle. Roman. Benziger, Zürich 1983 Das Marmelspiel, Uraufführung 1985 Das Bildnis der Doña Quichotte. Erzählungen. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich 1989 Lady Macbeth wäscht sich die Hände nicht mehr, Uraufführung 1994 Die Stunde, da wir fliegen lernen. Roman. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich 1994 Schwarzer Schnee. Erzählungen & Das Album der Signora. Zytglogge, Oberhofen 2009

Prizes Buchpreis der Stadt Bern (1976/1980/1984) Preis der Schillerstiftung (1983) Welti-Preis für das Drama (1985) Literaturpreis der Stadt Bern (1988)