Lou Lepori or Pierre Lepori (

Lugano Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, 1968) is a

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and

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and French. He studied in the universities of

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and

Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...

(Dr. Degree in drama). Lepori was editor for the ''

Theaterlexikon der Schweiz ''Theaterlexikon der Schweiz'' (TLS) / ''Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse'' (DTS) / ''Dizionario Teatrale Svizzero'' (DTS) / ''Lexicon da teater svizzer'' (LTS) is an encyclopedia about theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form ...

'', and a journalist in

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...

for the Swiss Radio and for the literacy yearbook ''Viceversa Letteratura''. He has translated works by

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writers like

Claude Ponti Claude Ponticelli, known as Claude Ponti, was born on November 22, 1948, in Lunéville (Lorraine, France). He is a children's author and illustrator. His books are famous for the fanciful graphic design, but also for the imaginative and poetic sto ...

Monique Laederach Monique Laederach (16 May 1938 – 17 March 2004) was a Swiss writer and translator. The daughter of Jean-Rodolphe Laederach and Hilde Maeder, she was born in Les Brenets and studied music in Vienna, going on to pursue the study of literatur ...

and

Gustave Roud Gustave Roud (; April 20, 1897 – November 10, 1976) was a French-speaking Swiss poet and photographer. Biography Roud was born in 1897 in Saint-Légier, in the canton of Vaud. In 1908, Roud, along with his parents and sister, moved to a farm ...

to Italian. He received the Swiss Schiller Prize for Poetry in 2004. He is founder and editor of the review ''Hétérographe: revue des homolittératures ou pas'' (queer literature & critics). Pierre Lepori's novel 'Sexuality' has an unusual publishing history: it was launched simultaneously in three languages: Italian, French and German. The author did his own translation from Italian to French, and the German translator based her version on the two "originals". In addition, there is a trilingual version that switches between all three languages, depending on which character is speaking."Lepori points here to a very interesting connection: that between literary genre and gender as opposing and separate categories to be contaminated and actively connected to each other. The process of creolization, and hybridization affects the identity of the writer, the body of the text as well as its position within the traditional territories of literary genres. Literary polyphony questions and abolishes clear-cut borders across a whole series of metaphorically interlinked areas" (Rainer Guldin
Flusserstudies, 22, December 2016
. *Engl.: ''Wathever The Name'', poems, translated by Peter Valente,

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, Spuyten Duyvil, 2017 *Engl.: ''Almonst Love'', poems, translated by Peter Valente,

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, 2022 *''Qualunque sia il nome'', poems, introduction by Fabio Pusterla,

Bellinzona Bellinzona ( , , Ticinese ; french: Bellinzone ; german: Bellenz ; rm, Blizuna )is a municipality, a historic Swiss town, and the capital of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The town is famous for its three castles (Castelgrande, Montebell ...

, Casagrande, 2003 *''Vento'', introduction by Stefano Raimondi, Faloppio, LietoColle Libri, 2004. *''Grisù'', novel,

, Casagrande, 2006. *''Alberto Canetta. La traversata del teatro'', essay,

, Casagrande, 2007. *''Il teatro nella Svizzera italiana. La generazione dei fondatori (1932-1987)'', essay,

, Casagrande, 2008. *''Quel que soit le nom'', poems,

, Editions d'en bas, 2011 (French translation by Mathilde Vischer). *''Sexualité'', novel,

, Editions d'en bas, 2011 (French). *''Sessualità'',

, Edizioni Casagrande, 2011 (Italian). *''Sexualität'',

Biel , french: Biennois(e) , neighboring_municipalities= Brügg, Ipsach, Leubringen/Magglingen (''Evilard/Macolin''), Nidau, Orpund, Orvin, Pieterlen, Port, Safnern, Tüscherz-Alfermée, Vauffelin , twintowns = Iserlohn (Germany) B ...

, Verlag die Brotsuppe, 2011 (German translation by Jacqueline Aerne). *''Sans peau'', novel,

, Editions d'en bas, 2013 (French). *''Strade bianche'', poems,

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, Interlinea, 2013 (Italian). *''Come cani'', novel,

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, Edizioni Effigie, 2015 (Italian). *''Comme un chien'', novel,

, Editions d'en bas, 2015(French). *''Nuit américaine'', novel,

, Editions d'en bas, 2018(French). *''Quasi amore'', poems,

, Edizioni Sottoscala, 2018(Italian). *''Klaus Nomi Projekt'', theatre,

, Editions Humus, 2018(French). *''Effetto notte'', novel,

, Edizioni Effigie, 2019(Italian). *''Le Théâtre de Luigi Pirandello'', essai,

, Editions Ides & Calendes, 2020(French).

References

Spuyten Duyvil

Viceversa Literatur

Revue Hétérographe

Territory Crossings

Pro Helvetia

Swissliterature

External links

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Bibliothèque Universitaire de Lausanne''Hétérographe''
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