Aglaja Veteranyi
Fiction
German
Switzerland
Aglaja Veteranyi, born in Bucharest in 1962, hailed from a circus family, which fled to the West in 1967. Since 1882, she worked as a freelance actor and author in Zurich. She lived there until her suicide in February 2002. Her novel, Why the Child is Cooking in the Polenta, received several accolades, including the special prize of the Canton of Zürich, the Kunstpreis Berlin 2000 and the Adelbert von Chamisso Award 2000.