| Anna Felder | |
| Birth Place: | Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland |
| Death Place: | Aarau, Aargau, Switzerland |
| Occupation: | Writer |
Anna Felder (30 December 1937 – 15 November 2023) was a Swiss writer and playwright.
Born in Lugano, the daughter of a Swiss-German father and an Italian mother, Felder graduated in letters from the University of Zurich with a thesis about Eugenio Montale, to whom she was often paired in terms of style.[1] She made her literary debut with the novel Tra dove piove e non piove ('Between where it rains and where it does not rain'), first serialised in the newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung in 1970 and then published as a book in 1972, which was based on her experiences as a teacher of Italian immigrants' children in Aarau.[2] She wrote four novels, numerous short stories and several stage plays and radio dramas.[3]
During her career, Felder received numerous awards and honours, notably two Schiller Prizes and a lifetime Swiss Literature Award. She died on 15 November 2023, at the age of 85.