Born 1985 · Switzerland
Deutscher Buchpreis 2025 · Winner
Title translated by AI:“The Dutchwomen”
Dorothee Elmiger · 40 when first published
Novel · 156 pages
AI-generated summary:A nameless writer pulls over to take a call from a celebrated theatre director, who wants her for his new project, the reconstruction of a case set in the tropics. Weeks later she joins his troupe on a trek deep into the jungle.
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Deutscher Buchpreis 2020 · Shortlist
Aus der Zuckerfabrik
Dorothee Elmiger · 35 when first published
Novel · 270 pages
AI-generated summary:A worker's T-shirt reads 'My skills never end'; Switzerland's first lottery millionaire looks out to sea on a Caribbean beach. A writer follows the traces of money and desire through the centuries and around the world.
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Schweizer Buchpreis 2014 · Shortlist
Schlafgänger
Dorothee Elmiger · 29 when first published
Novel · 204 pages · Migration, Politics
AI-generated summary:Somewhere deep in a European forest they meet: border commuters, smugglers, refugees, workers, asylum seekers, inspectors, artists, translators, ghosts. A chorus of voices talks about origins, borders and justice.
Schweizer Buchpreis 2010 · Shortlist
Einladung an die Waghalsigen
Dorothee Elmiger · 25 when first published
Novel · 152 pages · Coming of age, Speculative
AI-generated summary:Decades ago a fire broke out in the tunnels of a coalfield, and it still burns underground. Margarete and Fritzi, the last young people of a vanishing town, set out on an expedition to explore their own origins.