James Baldwin
James Baldwin spent the winters of 1952 and 1953 in Leukerbad, Switzerland, working on his novel "Go Tell it on the Mountain". In his essay "Stranger in the Village" he tells his experiences in Leukerbad. The essay was translated in German language "Ein Fremder im Dorf".
Stranger in the village
James Baldwin, «Stranger in the village» bei Beacon press, Boston, Massachusetts 1955
Radio Deutschlandfunk
New York writer James Baldwin traveled to Leukerbad, Switzerland, in 1951 to finish writing his first novel, Go and tell it on the mountain.
Radio Deutschlandfunk
The New York writer James Baldwin traveled to Leukerbad in Switzerland in 1951 to finish writing his first novel, "Go and tell it on the mountain. In the then still tranquil mountain village, he was the first black person ever. The inhabitants treated him like a sight or a kind of miracle.
Podcast Teju Cole
Teju Cole accepts an invitation to the Swiss mountain village of Leukerbad, where U.S. author James Baldwin finished his first novel. 60 years later, Cole follows in Baldwin's footsteps and explores his experiences as the first black man in the essay "Stranger in the Village.
SRF TV
James Baldwin was 27 years old and a budding writer when he came to Leukerbad in 1951. And he was black. In his essay "Stranger in the Village," the U.S. author from Harlem impressively describes how the people of Valais reacted to him.
The Magazine
Writer Teju Cole went to Leukerbad to reflect with James Baldwin on what it means to have a black body.
