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Switzerland has a rich literary tradition in its four national languages.
Written in German, French, Italian, and Romansh, the extensive literature in Romansh dialect is little known outside Switzerland.
Christian Lutz
Over the course of three years, Geneva based photographer, Christian Lutz traveled with members of the Swiss diplomatic corp in an official capacity. Later he published PROTOKOLL, a handsome pictorial study of authority, power and hierarchical systems.
Pippi Långstrumpf
Do you recall Pippi Longstocking, the fictional heroine of many beloved children’s books and films, who had the strength of ten men and crazy red antennae plaits for hair?
Pippi lived with a horse and a monkey in a crazy offbeat house called Villa Villekula—or Villa Kunterbunt— if you grew up in Switzerland (in which case Pippi becomes Pippi Långstrumpf).
Tale of Six Berns
Erdmann Schmocker a Swiss-born architect living in the US has done quite a bit of traveling through the United States.
Being a native of Canton Bern in Switzerland, his curiosity got the better of him. He just had to know how many other Berns were out there.
