Gabrielle Alioth (born 21 April 1955) is a Swiss author of novels, short stories, children's books and travelogues, resident in Ireland since 1984.

Biography

Gabrielle Alioth was born on 21 April 1955 in

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

and grew up in

Riehen Riehen (Swiss German: ''Rieche'') is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Stadt in Switzerland. Together with the city of Basel and Bettingen, Riehen is one of three municipalities in the canton. Riehen hosts the Fondation Beyeler (a privately ...

; she went on to study political science, economics, art history and philosophy in Basel and

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the ...

Universities. In 1979 she began working in the

University of Basel The University of Basel (Latin: ''Universitas Basiliensis'', German: ''Universität Basel'') is a university in Basel, Switzerland. Founded on 4 April 1460, it is Switzerland's oldest university and among the world's oldest surviving universit ...

and as a researcher at Prognos AG in econometric forecasting and Operations Research. Alioth moved with her husband, Martin Alioth (divorced in 2015), to

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

in 1984, where she worked as a journalist and translator. From 1990 Alioth began working as a freelance writer. Since 2011 she lives in

Termonfeckin Termonfeckin or Termonfechin () is a small village and townland in County Louth, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is within the parish of the same name, and lies north-east of Drogheda. The population of the village tripled in the 20 years betw ...

, County Louth. In 1991 she took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in

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, and the same year was awarded the Mara Cassens Prize. 2012 Geertje Potash-Suhr Prose Prize. In 2020 she was awarded the Cultural Prize of Riehen. 2022 SCALG Poetry Prize. Alioth is a member of the Association of Authors of Switzerland and president of the PEN Center of German-Speaking Authors Abroad. She has been writer-in-residence at the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

in 1997 and

University College Dublin University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland ...

in 2005, and later on

Achill Island Achill Island (; ga, Acaill, Oileán Acla) in County Mayo is the largest of the Irish isles, and is situated off the west coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It has a population of 2,594. Its area is . Achill is attached to the mainland by ...

, County Mayo, Ireland. Alioth has also been guest lecturer at the

Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reser ...

in Cleveland in 2002 and at the

University of St. Gallen A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

in 2016, and worked as a lecturer at the

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (german: Hochschule Luzern) (HSLU) is one of seven regional, public-funded universities of applied sciences founded in 1997 in its current form. The University was called University of Applied Scienc ...

from 2004 to 2021.

Bibliography

Novels and stories

* ''Der Narr''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich 1990 * ''Wie ein kostbarer Stein''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich 1994 * ''Die Arche der Frauen''. Nagel & Kimche Zürich 1996 * ''Die stumme Reiterin''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich 1998 * ''Das magische Licht''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich 2001 * ''Im Tal der Schatten''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich 2002 * ''Die Erfindung von Liebe und Tod''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich 2003 * ''Der prüfende Blick''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich 2007 * ''Die Braut aus Byzanz''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich 2008 * ''Die griechische Kaiserin''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich 2011 * ''Die entwendete Handschrift''. Lenos, Basel 2016 * ''Die Frau aus Theben''. Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk, Zürich 2016 * ''Tell – mein Vater''. Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk, Zürich 2018 * ''Gallus der Fremde''. Lenos, Basel 2018 * ''In der Bibliothek des Bären''. Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk, Zürich 2019 * ''Die Überlebenden''. Lenos, Basel 2021 * ''Seapoint – Strand''. Caracol, Warth 2022

Poetry

* ''The Poet's Coat - The poet's coat'', 2019

Nonfiction

* ''Shared - 24 life stories of women from Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft'', 2008 * ''Emigrants - Swiss emigrants from 7 centuries'', 2014

Travel books

* ''Ireland. A journey through the land of the rainbow'', 2003 * ''Ireland, with Northern Ireland. Photos by Max Schmid'', 2004 * ''Ireland. Photos by Marco Paoluzzo'', 2007 * ''Ireland at second glance. An island in thirty texts '', 2012

Plays

* ''Ärger uf de Arche'', 2006 * ''Orpheus!''

References and sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alioth, Gabrielle 1955 births Living people 21st-century Swiss women writers University of Basel alumni 20th-century Swiss journalists People from Riehen Writers from County Louth Swiss emigrants Immigrants to Ireland