Fleur Jaeggy
| Fleur Jaeggy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
31 July 1940 Zurich, Switzerland |
| Pen name | Carlotta Wieck |
| Occupation | Writer, translator |
| Language | Italian |
| Period | 1989–present |
| Notable awards | Viareggio Prize 2002 |
Fleur Jaeggy (born 1940, Zurich) is a Swiss author, who writes in Italian.
After completing her studies in Switzerland, Jaeggy went to live in Rome, where she met Ingeborg Bachmann and Thomas Bernhard. In 1968 she went to Milan to work for the publisher Adelphi Edizioni and married Roberto Calasso. Her first masterpiece was the novel I beati anni del castigo (1989). The Times Literary Supplement designated her novel Proleterka the best book of 2003. She is also a translator into Italian of Marcel Schwob and Thomas de Quincey.
She worked with the Italian musician Franco Battiato, under the pseudonym of Carlotta Wieck.
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