Urs Faes

Urs Faes was born in Aarau in 1947 and is a Swiss author. After studying and taking his doctorate he worked first as a teacher and journalist before his literary work developed increasingly from poetry towards the novel. His books often circle around memory, love, loss and the traces of personal history; important titles include “Augenblicke im Paradies”, “Und Ruth”, “Liebesarchiv” and “Untertags”. Faes has received the Swiss Schiller Prize and the Zollikon art prize, among others, and lives in Zurich and in San Feliciano in Italy.