A Late Recognition of the Signs

Erika Burkart is without a doubt the most unique, lyrical voice in contemporary Swiss literature. Peter von Matt Burkart’s poems leave behind much more than a fleeting trace in the snow. Her delicate poetic footsteps have long since inscribed themselves in the memory of nature and her readers. Deutschlandfunk A moving swansong. Neue Züricher Zeitung Erika Burkart possessed something like a second sight. She saw people, nature, the world, with both an inner and outer vision. Bieler Tagblatt