Jürg Fortunat Federspiel (28 June 1931 – 12 January 2007) was a Swiss writer, born in Kemptthal, Canton Zurich.
From 1951 he worked as a journalist and film critic for several Swiss newspapers, and spent time in Germany, France, Great Britain, Ireland and the USA.
His first notable work was a collection of short stories, Orangen und Tode ("Oranges and death") in 1961.
[1] A historical novel about the life of Mary Mallon, it was published in German in 1982, and in English translation a year later by Random House.
His last published book was Mond ohne Zeiger ("Moon without hands"), a collection of poetry, in 2001.