Selma Urfer (born 30 March 1928 in

Bern Bern (), or Berne (), ; ; ; . is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".; ; ; . According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has gov ...

, Switzerland; died 2 May 2013 in Munich) was a Swiss author, translator and actress. She graduated from the Zurich School of Drama in 1948. In addition to acting and studio recordings, she published numerous short stories, radio and TV plays, translations from French/English and two novels. She joined the Gruppe Olten in 1970. She was married to the German actor Robert Graf, had three children, including German film director

Dominik Graf Dominik Graf (born 6 September 1952) is a German film director. He studied film direction at University of Television and Film Munich, from where he graduated in 1975. While he has directed several theatrically released feature films since the 198 ...

, and lived in

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

Awards

* 1984 - Preis des Kurzgeschichtenwettbewerbs des Schweizerischen Beobachters * 1985 - Literaturpreis des C.

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Verlags * 1987 - Literaturpreis des Kantons

Works

* ''Damals. Dort.'', C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 1986 * ''Skizzen aus Grandson'', Les Editions d'Autrefois, Grandson 1988 * ''Liebe in

Coppet Coppet is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Nyon (district), Nyon in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Coppet is first mentioned in 1294 as ''Copetum''. In 1347 it was mentioned a ...

. Eine Erinnerung an Madame de Staël'', Nymphenburger Verlagsanstalt, 1992 * ''Der braune Eisbär'', Schweiz. Jugendschriftenwerk, 2005 * ''Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens'', translation into German from the novel

The Little White Bird ''The Little White Bird'' is a novel by the Scottish writer J. M. Barrie, ranging in tone from fantasy and whimsy to social comedy with dark, aggressive undertones. It was published in November 1902, by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK and Scribne ...

(1902) by James Matthew Barrie, English and German parallel texts, with notes and afterword, Scaneg Verlag, Munich 2008

References

External links

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Scriptwriter for TV play, Der unwürdige Liebhaber, together with Heinrich OstEntry in lexicon of Swiss authors
* Entry in Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender, 66. Jahrgang 2008/2009, K.G.Saur Verlag Munich, {{DEFAULTSORT:Urfer, Selma 1928 births 2013 deaths Writers from Bern Actresses from Bern Swiss television actresses Swiss writers Swiss voice actresses Swiss stage actresses