Swiss German Literature Immersion: with Swiss Author Dominic Oppliger

Experience literature like you’ve never heard it before! As part of Georgia Tech’s German course “Einführung in die Literatur”, you are invited 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.

COME TOGÄTHER is a joint initiative between the Consulate General of Belgium, the Consulate General of Germany, the Consulate General of Switzerland, the Honorary Consulate of Austria, the Honorary Consulate of Luxembourg, and the Goethe-Zentrum Atlanta that celebrates the shared language, diverse traditions, and our modern lifestyles and collaboration.