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 Zricher Zeitung

Erika Burkart possessed something like a second sight. She saw people, nature, the world, with both an inner and outer vision.

                         Bieler Tagblatt