Selma Urfer (born 30 March 1928 in Bern, Switzerland; died 2 May 2013 in Munich) was a Swiss author, translator and actress. She graduated from the Zurich School of Drama in 1948. In addition to acting and studio recordings, she published numerous short stories, radio and TV plays, translations from French/English and two novels. She joined the

Gruppe Olten The Gruppe Olten (Olten Group) was a club of left-wing Swiss writers who convened at Olten's "Bahnhofbuffet" (Swiss expression for a railway station restaurant) located in the canton of Solothurn in the Swiss plateau. It was founded in the aforeme ...

in 1970. She was married to the German actor Robert Graf, had three children, including German film director

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, and lived in

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Awards

* 1984 - Preis des Kurzgeschichtenwettbewerbs des Schweizerischen Beobachters * 1985 - Literaturpreis des C. Bertelsmann Verlags * 1987 - Literaturpreis des Kantons Bern

Works

* ''Damals. Dort.'', C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 1986 * ''Skizzen aus Grandson'', Les Editions d'Autrefois, Grandson 1988 * ''Liebe in

Coppet Coppet is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Coppet is first mentioned in 1294 as ''Copetum''. In 1347 it was mentioned as ''Copet''. Geography Coppet has an area (), of . Of this area, ...

. Eine Erinnerung an Madame de Staël'', Nymphenburger Verlagsanstalt, 1992 * ''Der braune Eisbär'', Schweiz. Jugendschriftenwerk, 2005 * ''Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens'', translation into German from the novel The Little White Bird (1902) by

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, English and German parallel texts, with notes and afterword, Scaneg Verlag, Munich 2008

References

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Scriptwriter for TV play, Der unwürdige Liebhaber, together with Heinrich OstEntry in lexicon of Swiss authors
* Entry in

Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender The ''Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender'' is a reference work that currently contains around 12,000 bio-bibliographic articles and addresses of writers of German literature, as well as translators, publishers, agencies, radio stations, wr ...

, 66. Jahrgang 2008/2009, K.G.Saur Verlag Munich, {{DEFAULTSORT:Urfer, Selma 1928 births 2013 deaths People from Bern Swiss television actresses Swiss writers Swiss voice actresses Swiss stage actresses