Swiss Literary Archives
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The Swiss Literary Archives (SLA - Schweizerische Literaturarchiv) in Bern collects literary remains in all four national languages of Switzerland (German, French, Italian and Romansh language). It is part of the Swiss National Library operated by the Federal Office of Culture within the Federal Department of Home Affairs.
The archives were foundated in 1991 and are located in the building of the Swiss National Library. The foundation can be tracked back to the last will of the writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt, who died in 1989. Dürrenmatt gave his literary remains to the state, but under the condition, that the state establishes a national archive for literature.
The Swiss Literary Archives today contain around 100 important literaty remains and premortal-remains and about 120 partial remains and collections, including material from:
- Peter Bichsel
- Hermann Burger
- Blaise Cendrars
- Albert Einstein
- Jean Gebser
- Friedrich Glauser
- Hermann Hesse
- Patricia Highsmith
- Rolf Hochhuth
- Hugo Loetscher
- Golo Mann
- Mariella Mehr
- Niklaus Meienberg
- Adolf Muschg
- Paul Nizon
- Rainer Maria Rilke
- Annemarie Schwarzenbach
- Carl Spitteler
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