Adolf Haller

Adolf Haller (born October 15, 1897 in Muhen , † September 21, 1970 in Lucerne , reformed , resident in Gontenschwil , from 1967 also in Turgi ) was a Swiss writer .

Life

Adolf Haller was born on October 15, 1897 as the son of the baker Rudolf Haller in Muhen. After training at the Wettingen teacher training college , he studied languages, history and geography at the Universities of Zurich , Bern and Geneva . As a result, he worked from 1920 to 1960 as a district school teacher in Turgi, and from 1934 also as a school inspector in the Baden district . Adolf Haller, who married Hermine, Christian Siegenthaler's daughter, in 1923, died in Lucerne on September 21, 1970, just before he was 73 years old.

Act

As a writer, Adolf Haller wrote several biographical accounts, including on Heinrich Pestalozzi , Albrecht von Haller and John F. Kennedy , games for school theater and books for young people . He also made a name for himself as the editor of Pestalozzi's works, published in 1946 under the title "Heinrich Pestalozzi's living work" in four volumes.

Works (selection)

• Meeting in Hallwil, 1937;

• Heini von Uri, 1942;

• The consuming fire, 1948;

Honors

• 1947 and 1967: Swiss Youth Book Prize .

literature

• Adolf Haller: Gift of friend for his 70th birthday, 1967;
• Wilhelm Kosch : Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon, Vol. 7, pp. 183-185;

Web links

• Karin Marti-Weissenbach: Haller, Adolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Literature by and about Adolf Haller in the catalog of the German National Library