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Swiss author
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Male
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Birth:
29 August 1928(Solothurn, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland)
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Biography
Herbert Meier (born 29 August 1928 in Solothurn) is a Swiss writer and translator.
Meier studied literature, history of art and philosophy at the universities of Basel, Vienna, Paris and Fribourg.
Since 1955, Meier has been a freelance writer in Zurich. He won the Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis in 1964. The main component of his work has been translating classical and modern theatre plays from French into German (authors such as Paul Claudel and Georges Schehadé).