Albert Streich

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Figure in memory of Albert Streich from 1969 by Arnold Huggler on the lake promenade in Brienz

Albert Streich (born May 26, 1897 in Brienz , † December 7, 1960 in Unterseen ) was a Swiss dialect writer.

Life

From a modest, Albert prank worked as auxiliary Kondukteur , forest and road workers, Schnitzler (exercise the 1916 occupation learned the typesetter he could because lead intolerance never), owner of a watch stone studios, auxiliary police officer and since 1949 at the municipal office in Brienz. In 1924 he married Rosa Mathyer (* 1904) von Brienz, with whom he had four children. In his free time he first wrote sagas, some in ballad form, which made him famous. In 1956 the story of his youth ( Tschuri ) appeared in High German. His poetic talent lay in his dense lyrical verses in Brienz dialect . In 1945 he received the Literature Prize of the Canton of Bern for his artistic work and in 1946 the Literature Prize of the City of Bern. He was awarded 1,000 francs each by the Swiss Schiller Foundation in 1951 “for his native poetry” and in 1960 “for his dialect poems”.

Works

  • 1938 - Brienzer Legends , Schlaefli, Interlaken
  • 1944 - Underwägs: Värsa in Brienz dialect , Schlaefli, Interlaken
  • 1948 - Feehnn and andri Gschichtleni in Brienzer dialect , Francke, Bern
  • 1956 - Tschuri , Gute Schriften , Bern
  • 1958 - Sunnigs and Schattmigs: niww Brienzer Värsa , Francke, Bern
  • 1961 - The Heiwwäg: Värsa , Brügger, Meiringen
  • 1970 - Collected works of Albert Streich: Briensertiitsch Väärsa , Volume 1, Francke, Bern
  • 1978 - Collected works of Albert Streich: Brienzer sagas; Tschuri; Poems , with a biography by Erwin Heimann, Volume 3, Francke, Bern
  • 1980 - Collected works of Albert Streich: Fehnn; From Lake Briens to Wintersziit; Sunnesiits am Roothooren; Us enem Voortraag , Volume 2, Francke, Bern

literature

  • Ernst Buri: Contributions to the history of Brienz . Brienz municipal writing office, 1935–1953.
  • Residential community Brienz: Brienz homeland book . Brienz community, Brienz 1999.
  • Michael Gehrken: "Chlyne Ma" and great poet . Announcements from the Bubenberg Society Bern, Bern 1999.
  • Werner Marti: Wyti in der Engi: by the Brienz poet Albert Streich . Bieler Tagblatt, Biel, November 6, 1997, p. 26.
  • Hans Sommer (Ed.): Three poets of the Bernese Oberland. Maria Lauber , Fritz Ringgenberg, Albert Streich . Francke, Bern 1971.
  • Hans Sommer: Wohi u woär: Blossom harvest from the work of Hans Sommer . Edited by the Bubenberg Society, Bern. Fischer, Münsingen 2000.
  • Barbara Stehli: Albert Streich. In: Werner Weber: Helvetic profiles. 47 writers from German-speaking Switzerland since 1800. Artemis Verlag, Zurich / Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7608-0540-X , pp. 234–239.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barbara Stehli: Albert Streich. In: Werner Weber: Helvetic profiles. 47 writers from German-speaking Switzerland since 1800. Artemis Verlag, Zurich / Munich 1981, p. 235
  2. ↑ Barbara Stehli: Albert Streich. In: Werner Weber: Helvetic profiles. 47 writers from German-speaking Switzerland since 1800. Artemis Verlag, Zurich / Munich 1981, p. 237
  3. ↑ Swiss Lexicon, Volume 6, Soz – Z, Lucerne 1993
  4. ↑ Prices of the Swiss Schiller Foundation 1908–2012 ( Memento of the original dated May 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schillerstiftung.ch
personal data
SURNAME Prank, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss dialect writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Brienz
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 1960
Place of death Unterseen