Peter Stamm is a Swiss writer working in German, born on 18 January 1963 in Scherzingen, in the canton of Thurgau. He trained as a bookkeeper, then studied English, psychology and computer science in Zurich, and from 1990 worked as a journalist for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and the Tages-Anzeiger. His first novel, Agnes, appeared in 1998, followed by Sieben Jahre (2009), Weit über das Land (2016) and In einer dunkelblauen Stunde (2023). His work has been translated into some forty languages, into English chiefly by Michael Hofmann; he was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2013 and won the Swiss Book Prize in 2018.
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Peter Stamm is a Swiss writer working in German, born on 18 January 1963 in Scherzingen, in the canton of Thurgau. He trained as a bookkeeper, then studied English, psychology and computer science in Zurich, and from 1990 worked as a journalist for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and the Tages-Anzeiger. His first novel, Agnes, appeared in 1998, followed by Sieben Jahre (2009), Weit über das Land (2016) and In einer dunkelblauen Stunde (2023). His work has been translated into some forty languages, into English chiefly by Michael Hofmann; he was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2013 and won the Swiss Book Prize in 2018.
