Swiss German Literature Immersion: with Swiss Author Dominic Oppliger

🚀 Experience literature like you’ve never heard it before! As part of Georgia Tech’s German course “Einführung in die Literatur”, we invite you to a special reading with acclaimed Swiss author Dominic Oppliger.

Only a handful of authors worldwide write in Swiss German – and Oppliger is one of them. His novel Giftland (2023) is a fast-paced, poetic road story about a Swiss band touring across America. At Georgia Tech, he will bring the text to life in Swiss German, accompanied by projected German and English translations.

The program also shines a spotlight on Marina Rumjanzewa’s Schwiizerdütsch (2023), offering an outsider’s take on this fascinating language and its role within Switzerland’s multilingual culture. A lively Q&A and discussion with the author will follow.

📅 Tuesday, 2:00–3:15 PM (14:00–15:15 Uhr)📍 Georgia Tech – Skiles building, Class 318. 686 Cherry St NW, Atlanta, GA 30332

✨ Don’t miss this rare chance to dive into Switzerland’s linguistic diversity and meet one of the very few voices shaping Swiss German literature today!

Host or Publisher Consulate of Switzerland in Houston