Markus Hediger | |
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| Born | Markus Hediger 31 March 1959 Zurich, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Alma mater | University of Zurich |
| Period | Late 20th century/Early 21st century |
| Genre | Poetry, essays, translations |
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Markus Hediger (born 31 March 1959) is a Swiss writer and translator.
Markus Hediger was born in Zürich and brought up in Reinach, Aargau. From 1980 to 1990 he studied French literature, literary criticism and Italian literature at University of Zurich.
At the age of 16 he went to Paris for the first time. In 1979 he met there the Lebanese poet and playwright Georges Schehadé who opened to him new poetical horizons and whom he visited regularly until his death in 1989. In Switzerland he became friends with the writers Erika Burkart, Hugo Loetscher, Alice Rivaz and Walter Vogt.
In 1996 Markus Hediger published his first book of poetry, Ne retournez pas la pierre. This was followed by En deçà de la lumière in 2009 and Dans le cendrier du temps in 2022.
In 2011 he was invited to the International Poetry Festival of Rosario[1] (Argentina), in 2014 to the International Poetry Festival of Medellín[2][3] (Colombia) and in 2016 to the International Poetry Festival of Lima.[4][5]
