Alfred Graber

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Alfred Graber

Alfred Graber (born November 19, 1897 in Basel , † April 15, 1987 in Lugano ) was a Swiss writer , editor and translator .

Life

Alfred Graber came from a Mennonite family. He was the son of Jean and Magdalena, nee Würgler. He studied German and French literature at the University of Munich without a degree. As a young man he was an enthusiastic mountaineer who, among other things, managed a first ascent on Sunnig Wichel in the Uri Alps .

In 1922/23 he stayed in Munich. From 1921 to 1926 he was an employee of the Deutsche Alpenzeitung and from 1926 to 1931 Max Rychner's secretary at the Neue Schweizer Rundschau . From 1938 to 1952 he was the publishing director and editor of the New Swiss Library . In 1948 he published the first novel "Brazilian Adventure" by Walter Alvares Keller .

As an author, he wrote several books with mountain and hiking stories, travel novels, historical novels and the autobiographical work “All the forgotten faces” with memories of his many friends from the literary world and mountaineering. His friends included the writer and journalist Henry Hoek and the Swiss communist leader Edgar Woog . He translated works by the Geneva writer and filmmaker Charles Gos from French , including “The Night in the Rock”.

Graber's estate is in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern.

Works (selection)

  • Mountains, trips and goals. Bergland, Munich 1923.
  • You mountains, shining immortal. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1952.
  • Melody of the mountains. Swiss publishing house, Zurich 1962.
  • All the forgotten faces. Benziger, Zurich 1972.
  • Charles Gos, Alfred Graber (translation): The night in the rock. Victor Attinger AG publishing house, Neuchâtel 1937. Original: La nuit des Drus, Editions Payot, Lausanne 1929.

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SURNAME Graber, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer, editor and translator
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1987
Place of death Lugano