In 1972, Blatter began his college education at the University of Zurich in literature and language studies, matriculating after six semesters.
The following year, he completed training for directors of audio plays at the Swiss Broadcast (Schweizer Radio DRS, part of SRG SSR idée suisse).
After long stays in Amsterdam and Husum, Blatter finally settled in Zürich as a freelance writer.
In another volume of the trilogy, a little boy observes hand grenades stolen from a small Swiss army depot at a drill ground/shooting range.
In "Das sanfte Gesetz," there is a totemist thinking of Nina, the mysterious nun and the great-grandfather talking to his donkeys, sending light beams into space.
Silvio Blatter is a member of the Swiss-German PEN Centre (from 1984 to 1986 he was its chairman) and of the club "Autorinnen und Autoren der Schweiz".