Peter von Matt

Born in Lucerne, Peter von Matt grew up in Stans in the canton of Nidwalden.

From 1976 to 2002, von Matt taught at the University of Zurich as a Professor of Newer German Literature.

He was a guest professor at Stanford University in 1980 and a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin in 1992/93.

Von Matt is a member of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the Sächsische Akademie der Künste (Saxon Academy of the Arts).

He is married to literary critic Beatrice von Matt-Albrecht and lives with her in Dübendorf near Zurich.