Literary estates and archives

Interesting holdings for which additional information is available on our website or that are the subject of ongoing or completed research projects or publications. This section is updated regularly.

The Swiss National Library digitises documents from the collections of the Swiss Literary Archives that are not subject to rights restrictions and make them available to the public on various platforms.

List of all literary estates and archives of the Swiss Literary Archives in alphabetic order A-K.

List of all literary estates and archives of the Swiss Literary Archives in alphabetic order L–Z.

List of the literary estates and archives in German held by the Swiss Literary Archives in alphabetical order.

List of the literary estates and archives in French of the Swiss Literary Archives in alphabetic order.

List of the literary estates and archives in Italian of the Swiss Literary Archives in alphabetic order.

The Swiss Literary Archives maintain a representative collection of manuscripts and letters from the world of Romansh literature. Here is an alphabetical list of the literary estates and archives in Romansh.

Individual documents held by the Literary Archives within two stand-alone collections: the acquisitions of the Manuscripts Department of the original National Library, and acquisitions since 1991 that are not linked to specific holdings.

The Swiss Literary Archive’s collection of audiovisual documents comprises audio, film and video documents by Swiss authors in the country’s four official languages.