Peter von Matt

Peter von Matt (1937–2025), born in Lucerne, was a Swiss Germanist and literary scholar. From 1976 to 2002, he was Professor of Modern German Literature at the University of Zurich. His publications include „Liebesverrat. Die Treulosen in der Literatur“ (1989), „Verkommene Söhne, missratene Töchter. Familiendesaster in der Literatur“ (1995), „Sieben Küsse. Glück und Unglück in der Literatur“ (2017), and „Übeltäter, trockene Schleicher, Lichtgestalten. Die Möglichkeiten der Literatur“ (2023). In 2014, he received the Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt am Main.