About the Author

Rene Burri, born in Zurich in 1933, was educated as a photographer in the legendary photography class at the Zurich School of Art and Design 1949-1953. A member of Magnum agency from 1955, he soon became a highly renowned photographer in the heyday of photo-journalism, contributing to all the great and important newspapers and magazines internationally. He lives and still works in Paris and Zurich. Arthur Ruegg, born in Bulach (Switzerland) in 1942, graduated as an architect from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. After working for various offices in Zurich, Paris and Boston he ran his own studio ARCOOP 1971-98. He has been a professor of architecture and building construction at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich 1991-2007. He has also published widely on architecture and architectural history in books and journals. Clarice Lispector (1920-1977), was born in Ukraine and moved to Brazil as a child with her parents. She studied law and later became a writer of literary and children's books.