Olga Kaiser

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Olga Kaiser , née Burki (born March 6, 1897 in Lohn ; † March 27, 1947 in Lucerne ), was a Swiss writer and playwright .

Life

Born as the daughter of Marie Burki-Lüthy (1860–1919), who was widowed at an early age, in Lohn, Olga Burki lived in this Solothurn village as a teenager and attended schools in Lohn and Biberist . Since the final apprenticeship examination in 1916 she worked as a tailor and from 1922 after a second apprenticeship in Biberist as a hairdresser . In 1920 she married Erhard Kaiser (1896–1940) von Biberist, a worker in the Gerlafingen ironworks of Ludwig von Roll'schen Eisenwerke . In 1930 the couple built an early modern single-family house in Biberist.

Olga Kaiser has appeared as a writer since 1932, first as a writer of novels and as a playwright, then also with short stories and with articles in magazines, calendars and the Solothurn press as well as in periodicals of the Christian social movement, including in the Hochwacht , which in Winterthur appeared. In articles and newspaper columns she commented on current social issues in Switzerland and on popular culture in the canton of Solothurn. She wrote individual texts in the Solothurn dialect . Two plays were translated into Romansh and performed in Trun in the canton of Graubünden in 1938 . From 1937 to 1946, Olga Kaiser appeared in public in several cantons and as part of programs on Swiss radio with lectures and works readings.

Olga Kaiser was involved in workers 'associations in the canton of Solothurn, in the Association of Catholic Women Workers and in the Christian Social Workers' Union (CAB) of Switzerland founded in 1919 by Joseph Anton Scherrer (1847–1924). As a guest speaker she appeared at the CAB Association Congress on August 19, 1939 in Zurich. In the canton of Solothurn she was in contact with the editor Otto Walliser (1890–1969), secretary of the cantonal Catholic People's Party.

Olga Kaiser belonged to the Swiss artists' association “Club Hrotsvit” and was also a member of its board.

Works

  • Regina Odermatt. A series of images from Nidwalden's difficult days in 1798. Play, 1934.
  • The old gray house. Roman, 1935. - Newly published: Knapp Verlag , Olten 2018, ISBN 978-3-906311-47-0 .
  • The one from the stone. Play, 1935 (on the history of the Solothurn noble family "Vom Stein").
  • How our working-class boys can also afford camp holidays. Published in: The Worker , 1935.
  • Primeval forest becomes home. Roman, 1937.
  • The St. Joderglöcklein from Gsteig . Play, 1937.
  • And yet was once king in his kingdom. Roman, published in: Schaffhauser Zeitung , 1937.
  • Fire over Brittany. Play, 1938.
  • Dr Guldima wott i League of Nations. Play, 1938; Also produced as a radio play by Radio Studio Bern in 1938 .
  • D'Ämme rushes wildly. Short story, published in: Solothurner Anzeiger , 1938.
  • How we got family allowances in our company. Published in: Werkvolk , 1938.
  • S'Wunderchrut. Christmas play, 1946.

literature

  • Pia Imbach: An insight into village life - 1900 to 1930. In: Biberist. Village on the Emme. Biberist 1993, pp. 431-460. In it on Olga Kaiser: pp. 456–458.
  • Urs Altermatt (editor): Catholic worlds of thought and life. Contributions to the cultural and social history of Swiss Catholicism in the 20th century. Freiburg 2003.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Claudio Affolter: New Building 1920–1940. Canton of Solothurn. Derendingen 1991. In it p. 43 about the house: "... As one of the very early objects that clearly professed modernity, it is important beyond the region."
  2. ↑ Petra Merkt, Sandra Hofmarcher: Solo tour. Architecture guide for Solothurn and the surrounding area. Buildings from 1925 to 1998. Solothurn 1998, pp. 51–52.
  3. ^ Wolfgang Göldi: Joseph Anton Scherrer. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  4. ^ Markus Rohner: Christian Social Workers' Union. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  5. ↑ worker. Weekly paper for the Catholic women's world. August 30, 1939.
  6. ^ Thomas Wallner : Otto Walliser. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  7. ^ Obituary by Olga Kaiser-Burki, in: Mitteilungen Club Hrotsvit, 15th year, May 1947.
personal data
SURNAME Kaiser, Olga
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burki, Olga (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH wage
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1947
Place of death Lucerne