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Rut Plouda (born 18 August 1948; pronounced [ru:t 'plou̯dɐ]) is a Swiss author and poet who writes in the Vallader dialect of the Romansh language.[1]

Rut Plouda
Children3
AwardsSchiller award 2001

Early life

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Plouda was born in Tarasp, Grisons, to parents who were both teachers. She was the third of four daughters. After completing her mandatory education, she attended a teacher training college in Chur before teaching in Savognin and Ftan.[2]

Career

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After the publication of her first book, La Bos-cha Tuorna a Flurir, in 1984, Plouda made regular appearances on Romansh radio.[3][4] She has since been regarded as an important figure for the promotion of the Romansh language by the Swiss national radio station Schweizer Radio DRS, and its successor, SRF.[5]

The death of Plouda's 19-year-old son, who had Down syndrome, in 1996, was the inspiration for her book As Though Nothing Were (original title: Sco Scha Nüglia nu Füss), published in 2000.[6] The book won the Schiller award in 2001, and has since been translated into German, French and English.[7][8][9]

The audiobook version of As Though Nothing Were was the first ever audiobook published in the Vallader dialect, and the second in the Romansh language overall.[10] In 2008, Plouda collaborated with the Geneva-based band Tiger the Lion for their songs S'co Scha Nüglia nu Füss and Las Stailas, based on As Though Nothing Were.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Rut Plouda | Viceversa Littérature". www.viceversalitterature.ch (in Swiss French). Retrieved 2025-01-18.
  2. ^ Plouda, Rut (1994). Écriture, Band 43. Éditions Bertil Galland.
  3. ^ Plouda, Rut (1984). La bos-cha tuorna a flurir: Cudeschs per uffants e giuventetgna. Illustrated by Iris Riatsch-Brun.
  4. ^ "Bibliomedia - Plouda-Stecher Rut". 2014-01-11. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
  5. ^ "Hardy Ruoss blickt zurück: Rut Plouda - Reflexe - Radio - SRF Player - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen". 2014-01-11. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
  6. ^ "SRR - Register Annalas : Artitgels". 2014-01-11. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
  7. ^ "Rut Plouda - Sco scha nüglia nu füss - Comme si de rien n'était". www.culturactif.ch. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
  8. ^ "Wie wenn nichts wäre – Hörbuch – Chasa Editura Rumantscha" (in German). Retrieved 2025-01-18.
  9. ^ "As If Nothing Were by Rut Plouda". strangers-press. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
  10. ^ "Engadiner Post / Posta Ladina | Prüm cudesch auditiv vallader". 2014-01-11. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
  11. ^ "Tiger the Lion". Mx3.ch. 2008. Retrieved 18 Jan 2025.