Adèle Huguenin

Adèle Huguenin , also Adèle Huguenin-Vuillemin, (born August 6, 1856 in Le Locle , † April 25, 1933 in Les Brenets ) was a Swiss writer and teacher.

Life

After briefly attending an educational seminar, Huguenin worked as a teacher in her hometown. As such, she supported Hedwig Bleuler-Waser and her Swiss Confederation of Abstinent Women in the fight against alcoholism until absinthe was banned by law in 1908 .

Huguenin began to write around 1879, and a small literary work emerged over the years. In addition, she also repeatedly worked as a translator. Almost all of her literary works have been published under the pseudonym “T. Combe ".

Adèle Huguenin died at the age of 76 on April 25, 1933 in Les Brenets, where she found her final resting place.

Works (selection)

As an author

Fiction

• Croquis montagnards. Trois nouvelles . Bridel, Lausanne 1882.
• Pauvre Marcel . Bridel, Lausanne 1882.
• Jeune Angleterre. Deux nouvelles . Mignot, Lausanne 1887.
• Chez nous. Nouvelles jurassiennes. Mignot, Lausanne 1890.
• Une croix. Mignot, Lausanne 1891.

Non-fiction

• Socialisme pratique. Whiteway, un coin de terre heureux . Éditions Nouvelle, Paris 1904.
• Guerre et alcoholism . Bridel, Lausanne 1890.

As a translator

• Olive carpenter: La femme et la travail . Fischbacher, Paris 1913.

literature

• A novelist of the Jura . In: The Atlantic Monthly . A magazine of literature, art and politics , Vol. 69 (1891), No. 399, pp. 108-121, ISSN  0160-6514 .
• Elisabeth Blunier: T. Combe, 1856-1933. [Lausanne] 1980.
• Caroline Calame: Une écrivaine engagée, T. Combe. 1856-1933 . In: Nouvelle Revue Neuchâteloise , 2006 (for the 150th anniversary of her birthday).