Monique Laederach

Monique Laederach (16 May 1938 – 17 March 2004) was a Swiss writer and translator.

[1] The daughter of Jean-Rodolphe Laederach and Hilde Maeder, she was born in Les Brenets and studied music in Vienna, going on to pursue the study of literature at the University of Lausanne and the University of Neuchâtel.

Laederach also translated works by German-language writers such as Kafka, Rilke, Erika Burkart and Adolf Muschg into French.

[1] From 1961 to 1973, she was married to the Swiss writer Jean-Pierre Monnier [fr].

[1] Laederach participated in literary conferences in Great Britain, Scandinavia, the United States, Canada and Mexico.