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{{Short description|Swiss writer}}'''Rebecca Gisler''' (born 1991) is a [[Swiss people|Swiss]] |
{{Short description|Swiss writer}}'''Rebecca Gisler''' (born 1991) is a [[Swiss people|Swiss]] author and translator. |
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= Life and Work = |
= Life and Work = |
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Gisler was born in [[Zürich]] and studied at the [[Swiss Literature Institute]] and at the [[University of Paris 8]]. A multilingual author, she writes both prose and poetry. Her novel ''D'oncle'' has been widely praised. Although she grew up in Zurich, Gisler usually writes in French, her mother tongue. She also initially wrote her debut novel in French. While she was still working on the first draft, she first translated a passage and then the entire novel into German herself. The translation work sometimes felt like she was writing the text a second time, she says.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-18 |title=Rebecca Gislers Debütroman - Ihre seitenlangen Sätze schaffen eine schwebende Atmosphäre |url=https://www.srf.ch/kultur/literatur/rebecca-gislers-debuetroman-ihre-seitenlangen-saetze-schaffen-eine-schwebende-atmosphaere |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) |language=de}}</ref> |
Gisler was born in [[Zürich]] and studied at the [[Swiss Literature Institute]] in [[Biel/Bienne|Biel]] and at the [[University of Paris 8]]. A multilingual author, she writes both prose and poetry. Her novel ''D'oncle'' has been widely praised. Although she grew up in [[Zürich|Zurich]], Gisler usually writes in French, her mother tongue. She also initially wrote her debut novel in French. While she was still working on the first draft, she first translated a passage and then the entire novel into German herself. The translation work sometimes felt like she was writing the text a second time, she says.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-18 |title=Rebecca Gislers Debütroman - Ihre seitenlangen Sätze schaffen eine schwebende Atmosphäre |url=https://www.srf.ch/kultur/literatur/rebecca-gislers-debuetroman-ihre-seitenlangen-saetze-schaffen-eine-schwebende-atmosphaere |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) |language=de}}</ref> |
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= D'oncle / From Uncle = |
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Rebecca Gisler (born 1991) is a Swiss author and translator.
Life and Work
Gisler was born in Zürich and studied at the Swiss Literature Institute in Biel and at the University of Paris 8. A multilingual author, she writes both prose and poetry. Her novel D'oncle has been widely praised. Although she grew up in Zurich, Gisler usually writes in French, her mother tongue. She also initially wrote her debut novel in French. While she was still working on the first draft, she first translated a passage and then the entire novel into German herself. The translation work sometimes felt like she was writing the text a second time, she says.[1]
D'oncle / From Uncle
The novel is about an uncle, his house in Brittany, and the visit of his niece and nephew. The novel is told from the niece's perspective; she observes the uncle and circles around him, describing his character and actions and exploring his idiosyncrasies.
Reviewer Roman Bucheli wrote in the NZZ that the bizarre stories in Gisler's debut novel seem to conceal a trauma. "Only gradually does one realize that a second melody resonates in the hilarity, albeit in a minor key, and that every room in this uncle's house has a false floor."[2]
D'oncle was extensively reviewed in the francophone media, from Libération to Le Temps. It was also nominated for several literary prizes, and in 2022 won the Swiss Literature Prize awarded by the Federal Office of Culture.[3]
It was published in English translation by Peirene Press in 2024.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Rebecca Gislers Debütroman - Ihre seitenlangen Sätze schaffen eine schwebende Atmosphäre". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ Bucheli, Roman (2022-07-24). "Rebecca Gisler debütiert mit dem Roman «Vom Onkel»". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ Kultur, © Bundesamt für. "2022". www.schweizerkulturpreise.ch (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ "About Uncle".
- ^ "About Uncle | Center for the Art of Translation | Two Lines Press".
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