Award-winning Swiss author and scholar Peter von Matt dies aged 87

Award-winning Swiss author and scholar Peter von Matt dies aged 87

The Alemannic writer and former professor of German literature Peter von Matt died on Monday in Zurich at the age of 87, following a long illness.

Born in 1937 in Stans, Germanist Peter von Matt belonged to the greats of his subject. He remains in memory as a gifted reader and publicist.

The Swiss was a convinced European. And he was one who could also speak to his Swiss compatriots in his conscience. His amusing literary views were highly successful.

The Swiss writer and literary scholar Peter von Matt died at the age of 87.

The literary scholar and Germanist was 87 years old. He was once described by Marcel Reich-Ranicki as the "best writer in German-speaking Switzerland".

Peter von Matt died on Monday (21 April) at the age of 87. The Swiss writer, Germanist and literary critic, as the F.A.Z. writes in an obituary, was "a great narrator" and received several awards for his books.