Monika Dettwiler
Swiss journalist and historian
Intro | Swiss journalist and historian | |
Places | Switzerland | |
is | Journalist Historian Writer | |
Work field | Journalism Literature Social science | |
Gender |
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Birth | 17 April 1948, Zürich, Switzerland | |
Age | 76 years | |
Star sign | Aries | |
Residence | Risch-Rotkreuz, Switzerland |
Monika Dettwiler (born 17 April 1948) is a Swiss-Italian journalist and author.
Monika Dettwiler was born in Zürich. She has a doctorate in history and studied history, art history and archeology in Rome, where she initially worked as a journalist and organizer of cultural tours. Her first novel, "Berner Lauffeuer", was published in 1998 and was on the bestseller list of the "Schweizer Buchhändler- und Verleger-Verband" (Swiss Booksellers and Publishers Association) for five months. In 1999, Monika Dettwiler returned to Switzerland. She worked as a journalist at the "Reformierte Presse" from the year 2000 and was co-editor-in-chief from 2007 until her retirement in 2013.
She lives in Kanton Zürich
and has two sons.