Published on 7 March 2006

Patricia Highsmith at the Swiss National Library

Bern, 7.3.2006 - Her novels fascinated Alfred Hitchcock and Wim Wenders, her anti-hero Tom Ripley was brought to life by Alain Delon and Matt Damon: Patricia Highsmith inspired a good many screenplays. She is to literature what Hitchcock is to film – a master of suspense. The Patricia Highsmith exhibition at the Swiss National Library in Berne makes it possible to venture into the author's cryptic world. The Swiss Literary Archives have opened up her literary estate to the general public for the first time, thus offering an insight into her creative realm through the showing of original items. The exhibition runs from 10 March to 10 September 2006. It will also be open on Sundays and public holidays.