Jurg Laederach was born in 1945 in Basel, where he still lives and works as a freelance writer and translator. He studied mathematics in Zurich, as well as Romance studies, English, and musicology in Basel. He has received a number of prizes and distinctions and is a corresponding member of the German Academy for Language and Literature. He was awarded the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 1997 and the Italo Svevo Award in 2005. Jurg Laederach was born in 1945 in Basel, where he still lives and works as a freelance writer and translator. He studied mathematics in Zurich, as well as Romance studies, English, and musicology in Basel. He has received a number of prizes and distinctions and is a corresponding member of the German Academy for Language and Literature. He was awarded the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 1997 and the Italo Svevo Award in 2005.
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