As I recently noted, Switzerland is the 'guest of honour' at the current Leipzig Book Fair, and at Deutsche Welle Susanne von Schenck reports on an often overlooked sliver of Swiss literature, in A fading language finds new life in literature.
That language is Romansh: not widely spoken -- "About 50,000 to 60,000 people still speak Romansh" -- but nevertheless an official language of Switzerland, along with German, French, and Italian.
Among the authors and works mentioned are Arno Camenisch -- who: "sprinkles his German texts with phrases from Romansh" -- and his Sez Ner. Noteworthy because the admirable Dalkey Archive Press is coming out with a translation shortly, The Alp; I just got my galley and hope to cover it; meanwhile, see their publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
Among the authors and works mentioned are Arno Camenisch -- who: "sprinkles his German texts with phrases from Romansh" -- and his Sez Ner. Noteworthy because the admirable Dalkey Archive Press is coming out with a translation shortly, The Alp; I just got my galley and hope to cover it; meanwhile, see their publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.