What chansonnier Mani Matter can (still) tell us about Switzerland

For international readers: who is Mani Matter, who died 50 years ago today? Why does German-speaking Switzerland love him? And what can his status as an unproblematic national treasure tell us about Switzerland today? My latest for @swissinfo_en: https://t.co/75LM1R3fB0

— Alan Mattli (@AlanMattli) November 24, 2022

"Ever since he died, aged 36, in a car accident on November 24, 1972, Mani Matter has been one of Swiss-German pop culture’s foremost “consensus celebrities” – a largely uncontroversial, universally beloved figure who can be embraced by virtually anyone, no matter their ideological bent."

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