Selma Urfer


Selma Urfer was a Swiss author, translator and actress. She graduated from the Zurich School of Drama in 1948. In addition to acting and studio recordings, she published numerous short stories, radio and TV plays, translations from French/English and two novels. She joined the Gruppe Olten in 1970. She was married to the German actor Robert Graf, had three children, including German film director Dominik Graf, and lived in Munich.

Awards

  • 1984 - Preis des Kurzgeschichtenwettbewerbs des Schweizerischen Beobachters
  • 1985 - Literaturpreis des C. Bertelsmann Verlags
  • 1987 - Literaturpreis des Kantons Bern

Works

Damals. Dort., C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 1986 Skizzen aus Grandson, Les Editions d'Autrefois, Grandson 1988Liebe in Coppet. Eine Erinnerung an Madame de Staël, Nymphenburger Verlagsanstalt, 1992 Der braune Eisbär, Schweiz. Jugendschriftenwerk, 2005Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, translation into German from the novel The Little White Bird by James Matthew Barrie, English and German parallel texts, with notes and afterword, Scaneg Verlag, Munich 2008