Monika Dettwiler (born 17 April 1948) is a Swiss-Italian journalist and author.

Life

Monika Dettwiler was born in

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, 17 April 1948. She has a doctorate in history and studied history, art history and archeology in

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

, where she initially worked as a journalist and organizer of cultural tours. Her first novel, "Berner Lauffeuer", was published in 1998 and was on the bestseller list of the "Schweizer Buchhändler- und Verleger-Verband" (Swiss Booksellers and Publishers Association) for five months. In 1999, Dettwiler returned to Switzerland. She worked as a journalist at the ''Reformierte Presse'' from the year 2000 and was co-editor-in-chief from 2007 until her retirement in 2013. She lives in

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and has two sons.

Works

Novels

* ''Berner Lauffeuer. Roman zur Gründung des Schweizer Bundesstaates.'' Zytglogge, Gümligen 1998, * ''Das Siegel der Macht. Ein historischer Roman um das Jahr 1000.'' Weitbrecht, Stuttgart/

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

/ Bern 2000, . * ''Der goldene Fluss. Historischer Roman.'' Kabel,

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

2003, . * ''Meerfeuer. Die Geschichte der Augustine W. Roman.'' Zytglogge,

Oberhofen am Thunersee Oberhofen am Thunersee is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Oberhofen am Thunersee is first mentioned in 1133 as ''Obrenhoven''. The oldest trace of a settlement in the area ...

2008, . * ''Nordwestbrise'' Historischer Roman. Appenzeller Verlag,

Herisau Herisau is a municipality and the capital of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. It is the seat of the canton's government and parliament; the judicial authorities are situated in Trogen. The central hamlet and the houses around ...

2012, .

Short stories

* ''Im Morgenrot. Die besten Kriminalgeschichten aus der Schweiz.'' Scherz, Bern 2001, . * ''Aroser Urne für Trinidad.'' In: Paul Ott (Hrsg.): ''Tatort Schweiz. 18 kriminelle Geschichten.'' Limmat, Zürich 2005, , S. 9–24. * ''Seegrund.'' In: Paul Ott (Hrsg.): ''Tatort Schweiz 2. 23 kriminelle Geschichten aus der viersprachigen Schweiz.'' Limmat, Zürich 2007, . * ''Die Radikalen sind eine höllische Drachenbrut.'' in: Paul Ott, Fritz von Gunten (Hrsg.): Gotthelf lesen – auf dem Weg zum Original. hep Verlag ag, Bern 2004, .

References

External links

Official website
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