Name: Swiss German Literature Immersion: with Swiss Author Dominic Oppliger
Start: 2025-09-16T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-16T15:15:00-04:00
Location: Georgia Tech, Skiles building, Class 318

Swiss German Literature Immersion: with Swiss Author Dominic Oppliger

Immerse yourself into the Swiss German language and enjoy an in person reading of the novel Giftland by Dominic Oppliger, with translation.
About this Event

🚀 Experience literature like you’ve never heard it before! As part of Georgia Tech’s German course “Einführung in die Literatur”, we invite you to a special reading with acclaimed Swiss author Dominic Oppliger.

Only a handful of authors worldwide write in Swiss German – and Oppliger is one of them. His novel Giftland (2023) is a fast-paced, poetic road story about a Swiss band touring across America. At Georgia Tech, he will bring the text to life in Swiss German, accompanied by projected German and English translations.

The program also shines a spotlight on Marina Rumjanzewa’s Schwiizerdütsch (2023), offering an outsider’s take on this fascinating language and its role within Switzerland’s multilingual culture. A lively Q&A and discussion with the author will follow.

📅 Tuesday, 2:00–3:15 PM (14:00–15:15 Uhr)📍 Georgia Tech – Skiles building, Class 318. 686 Cherry St NW, Atlanta, GA 30332

✨ Don’t miss this rare chance to dive into Switzerland’s linguistic diversity and meet one of the very few voices shaping Swiss German literature today!