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Max Frisch 1911-91

The Swiss author in Rome and Zurich, as witnessed by Swiss photographer Pia Zanetti.

After finishing her training, Zanetti spent eight years in London and Rome as a freelance photographer. While in Rome, she got to know the celebrated writer Max Frisch – who died 20 years ago on April 4. The resulting black and white pictures offer a snapshot of Frisch’s life in Rome and in his home city of Zurich.

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