Ana Estrada

From 2019 to 2024, the personal blog of the psychologist Ana Estrada, typed with the one finger she could move, became a focal point of the debate on assisted dying in Peru. A chronicle of Estrada’s life with polymyositis and in palliative care, the blog supported her successful appeal for the right to die, creating a legal precedent in her country and sparking discussion far beyond.

Wolfgang Herrndorf

After being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour, Wolfgang Herrndorf began writing a blog in 2010, in which he reflected on how he coped with the illness. Published as a book in 2013 following his suicide by firearm, the text has been interpreted as a forceful advocacy for the right to assisted dying and has been cited in political debates as a powerful plea by supporters of its legalisation.