Bernhard Wyss (writer)

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Bernhard Wyss or Wyß (born December 14, 1833 in Kappel SO ; † January 26, 1890 in Solothurn ) was a Swiss writer .

After completing the teachers' seminar, Wyss worked as a teacher in Büsserach , Hochwald SO and Zuchwil from 1852 , and at the high school in Solothurn from 1858 until his death . The stresses and strains of his full-time occupation restricted him to the possibilities of his writing and left behind only a small complete oeuvre, of which, however, two works enjoyed somewhat greater attention: Aus Schule und Leben (1865) was also taken into account in Austria , as writing provides information about offered the last years of the Austrian-American writer's life, Charles Sealsfield (Carl Postl), which he spent in Solothurn; Wyss' brief description of the canton of Solothurn served as a teaching aid at the Solothurn primary schools and experienced several editions.

Works

  • Brief description of the canton of Solothurn. Solothurn: Verlag der Scherer'schen Buchhandlung, 1863.
  • Swiss German. Pictures from the still life of our people, depicted in customs and legends. (A novellist contribution to the Swiss Idiotikon .) Solothurn: Verlag der Scherer'schen Buchhandlung, 1863.
  • From school and life. Seriousness and humor in teacher's association lectures. Solothurn: Self-published by the author, 1865.
  • The Solothurn Cantonal Teachers' Association from its foundation until today. Solothurn: Solothurn Cantonal Teachers' Association, 1869.
  • Light fare: new collection of pictures and sketches. Solothurn: Self-published by the author, 1876.
  • Stories and tales from the Gäu: in memory of the 100th anniversary of the death of the writer and folklorist from Kappel. Kappel: Culture Commission, 1989.
  • Bernhard Wyss, Kappel: [selection volume]. Olten: Knapp, 2011. ISBN 978-3-905848-48-9

Sources and individual references

  • Joseph Kehrein: Biographical-literary lexicon of the Catholic German poets, folk and youth writers. Vol. 2., Woerl, Zurich etc. 1871.
  • Friedrich Wienstein: Lexicon of the Catholic German poets from the beginning of the Middle Ages to the present. Beer & Thiemann, Hamm i. W. 1899.
  1. ↑ Date of death according to Wienstein, different year of death according to the HLS index 1889, no article available there yet.
personal data
SURNAME Wyss, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Kappel SO , Canton of Solothurn , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1890
Place of death Solothurn , Canton of Solothurn , Switzerland