Adolf Frey

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Adolf Frey around 1914

Adolf Frey (born February 18, 1855 in Küttigen ; † February 12, 1920 in Zurich ) was a Swiss writer and literary historian .

Life

The son of the popular writer Jakob Frey (1825–1875) studied German and obtained his doctorate in 1878 at the University of Bern on Albrecht von Haller . After stays in Berlin and Leipzig, he came to the Alte Kantonsschule Aarau as a German teacher in 1882 . Here proposals included Albert Einstein to his students. In 1883 he married the German historian Lina Beger (1853–1942). In 1898 he became professor of German literature at the University of Zurich as successor to Jakob Baechtold . He was on friendly terms with the only Swiss Nobel Prize winner for literature, Carl Spitteler . Adolf Frey died of cancer six days before his 65th birthday.

He devoted his scientific writings mainly to Swiss literature , especially to his role models Gottfried Keller and Conrad Ferdinand Meyer . In addition, he published works by Swiss poets such as Salomon Gessner and Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis and wrote poems, patriotic festivals and novels in the style of bourgeois realism .

Adolf Frey had Ernst Würtenberger portray himself .

The abdication ceremony took place on February 14, 1920 in St. Peter's Church . Adolf Keller gave the address and Frey's student and friend Emil Ermatinger spoke on behalf of the University of Zurich .

Works (selection)

  • Albrecht von Haller and its importance for German literature . Hermann Haessel, Leipzig 1879.
  • Swiss legends . Dürr, Leipzig 1881; 2nd edition 1921.
  • J. Gaudenz from Salis-Seewis . Huber, Frauenfeld 1889.
  • Duss and underm Rafe: Füfzg Schwizerliedli. J. Huber, Frauenfeld 1891; 2nd edition 1899; 3rd edition 1921.
  • Memories of Gottfried Keller . Haessel, Leipzig 1892; Rotapfel, Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-85867-095-2 .
  • Dance of death . Sauerlander, Aarau 1895.
  • Conrad Ferdinand Meyer. His life and works . Cotta, Stuttgart 1900; 4th, supplemented edition 1925.
  • The maiden of Wattenwil. Historical Swiss novel . Cotta, Stuttgart 1912.
  • Swiss poet . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1914.
  • Flowers. Ritornelle . Rascher, Zurich 1916.
  • Albert Welti's letters . 2 volumes. Rascher, Zurich 1916 and Haessel, Leipzig 1920 (as ed., Introduction).
  • Bernhard Hirzel . Zurich novel . Rascher, Zurich 1918.
  • Chimes. Last poems . Haessel, Leipzig 1920.
  • From sunken gardens. Ritornelle . Pictures by Ernst Kreidolf . Rotapfel, Erlenbach 1932.
  • From literature and art. Unpublished or inaccessible from the work . Edited by Lina Frey-Beger. Huber, Frauenfeld 1932.

From Friedrich Niggli u. a. the poems Nachklang, Der Säer, Die Einsame, Die Hilfreiche, Nach dem Regen, Am Brünnlein, Edelweiss and Vale set to music, Gottfried Bohnenblust 's poem Heimliche Liebe .

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Adolf Frey  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ portrait
  2. ↑ Abdication ceremony for Adolf Frey
  3. ↑ resonance
  4. ↑ The sower
  5. ↑ The lonely one
  6. ↑ The helpful one
  7. ↑ After the rain
  8. ↑ Am Brünnlein
  9. ↑ Edelweiss
  10. ^ Vale
  11. ↑ Sheet music Heimliche Liebe.
personal data
SURNAME Frey, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer and literary historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Küttigen
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1920
Place of death Zurich