https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Early sketches of "The Little Prince," the world famous creation of French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, have been found in storage in northern Switzerland, local media and an art expert said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190815/early-sketches-of-the-little-prince-discovered-in-swiss-home Thu, 15 Aug 2019 22:58:04 +0200 early-sketches-of-the-little-prince-discovered-in-swiss-home A new English translation of the Swiss oral history work 'The Green Silk Shawl' by Marcella Maier provides a fascinating insight into the lives of four generations of women in the Switzerland's Engadin region. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190726/book-review-the-green-silk-shawl-describes-a-poorer-and-tougher-switzerland Fri, 26 Jul 2019 08:37:20 +0200 book-review-the-green-silk-shawl-describes-a-poorer-and-tougher-switzerland European artists and writers, from Voltaire and Goethe to Ian Fleming and F. Scott Fitzgerald, have found inspiration among the hills, valleys and mountains of Switzerland -- and it’s not hard to see why. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170908/six-authors-who-found-inspiration-in-switzerlands-scenery Fri, 08 Sep 2017 12:21:15 +0200 six-authors-who-found-inspiration-in-switzerlands-scenery Stefan Bachmann is only 19, but his darkly mysterious debut novel set in a parallel world of faeries, goblins and child snatchers has already earned him comparisons to J.K. Rowling, Dickens and Dostoyevsky. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130121/swiss-american-teen-strikes-gold-with-debut-novel Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:33:00 +0100 swiss-american-teen-strikes-gold-with-debut-novel