Adolf Heizmann

Adolf Heizmann (born September 20, 1911 in Thalwil near Zurich ; † May 21, 2002 in Basel ), reformed , was a Swiss teacher and writer .

Life

Adolf Heizmann spent his early youth in Thalwil, Davos and Horgen. The family moved to the city of Basel in 1918. Born in Thalwil, he attended primary , secondary and upper secondary schools in Basel, then the Schiers teacher training college , before he obtained the Glarus teacher diploma in 1931 . From 1939 to 1945 he did active service in the Swiss Army. Until his retirement in 1972, Heizmann held a teaching position for children with developmental disabilities in Basel, where he also taught at the girls' secondary school until 1962. After his retirement he lived in Allschwil . The father of two, widowed since 1994, died in 2002 at the age of 90 in Basel.

Adolf Heizmann emerged as the author of novels , short stories , radio plays , plays, Swiss dialect works, poetry and especially books for young people . In 1955 he was awarded the recognition prize of the Swiss Youth Writings Works (SJW) , in 1956 the Basel School Synod's youth book prize for the book Hendrik and his friends, and in 1976 he was awarded honorary membership of the Swiss Curative Education Society. His estate is in the Basel University Library.

Works (selection)

• A door opens . Novel. Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel 1946.
• Battle for Augusta Raurika. Eventful days in the Roman city. Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk No. 331, Zurich 1949
• Attack on the Hauenstein . A story from the year 1295. Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk No. 408, Zurich 1951
• Jan's big turning point. A story of the Dutch North Sea beach. Evangelischer Verlag AG, Zollikon-Zurich 1955
• The vow. A story from Basel's great hardship. Swiss Youth Writings No. 558, Zurich 1956
• It started with Lumpi . A story. 2nd Edition. Sauerländer Verlag , Aarau 1956
• Hendrik and his friends. A story from Holland . Sauerländer Verlag, Aarau 1956
• Cheer up, Gunnar! A story from Jutland . Sauerländer Verlag, Aarau 1958
• Meeting point Salling. A story from Jutland . Sauerländer Verlag, Aarau 1962
• Alexander pays for everything. A story from the eventful days of 1813. Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk No. 809, Zurich 1963
• It started in Grado. Francke, Bern 1969
• Anita fuss. Telling girls and friendships. Blaukreuz-Verlag, Bern 1969
• Ro-Mi-Hei-Ruuu! Holiday experiences for the Rossmatt boys. Evangelischer Verlag AG, Zollikon-Zurich 1970
• The fish are to blame for everything. A story from southern Portugal. Blaukreuz-Verlag, Bern 1971
• The emperor needs soldiers . Swiss Youth Writings No. 1429, Zurich 1977
• Off to Jerusalem. A story from the time of the Crusades . Swiss Youth Writings No. 1595, Zurich 1981
• [1] Times change - people less so. Nebelspalter , the humor and satire magazine, 108/34 1982

literature

• Dino Larese : Swiss youth writer of the present. Amriswiler Library, 1963.
• A Hermann August Ludwig Degener , Walter Habel: Who is who? The German who's who. Volume 18, Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1975, ISBN 3-7973-0267-3 . Page 391.
• August Ludwig Degener, Walter Habel: Who is who? The German who's who . Volume 40, Verlag Schmidt, Römhild 2001, ISBN 3-7950-2032-8 or ISBN 978-3-7950-2032-3 . Page 556.
• Lutz Hagestedt (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon . The 20th century. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-023162-5
• Verena Rutschmann: Progress and Freedom: National Virtues in Historical Children's Books in Switzerland. Chronos Verlag, Zurich 1994, ISBN 3-9053-1139-9

Web links

• Adolf Heizmann's estate in the Basel University Library
• Adolf Heizmann in the Basel Literary Archive of the Basel University Library