Ernesto Perren

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Ernesto Perren (born January 1, 1942 in Zermatt in the canton of Valais , as Ernest-Joseph Perren) is a Swiss writer .

Life

Ernesto Perren comes from a family of mountain guides in Zermatt . After attending the commercial and traffic school in Brig as well as attending various secondary schools in Lucerne and Zurich, which Perren left without a degree, followed language stays in western Switzerland, Ticino, England, France, Spain and South America. In 1968 Perren trained as an aviation specialist at Swissair and worked for this company for 26 years. In 1994 he returned to Zermatt and started his own business as a travel and trekking guide and parahotelier . Perren was vice-president of the Valais writers' association .

Ernesto Perren published non-fiction books and picture-text volumes on the mountains of the Valais and Mattertal as well as on the tourism and hotel history of Zermatt and made a name for himself as an essayist, poet and editor. In his essays Perren deals with the cultural history of the Alps and mountaineering as well as with the cultural and intellectual history of the European area.

Ernesto Perren is married to the children's book author and illustrator Yolanda Perren-Terzi .

Works (selection)

Non-fiction

  • On the way to the shining pyramid. The Weisshorn and its 100-year history. With Luzius Kuster. Rotten Verlag Visp, 2000
  • Wallis - your mountains: the most beautiful peaks captured in words, captured in pictures, photos Ludwig Weh, 3rd revision. Edition Rotten Verlag Visp, 2004
  • Hotels tell: 150 years of Riffelberg, 125 years of Grand Hotel Zermatterhof, publisher: Burgergemeinde Zermatt, Rotten Verlag Visp, 2004
  • 100 years under the spell of Monte Rosa: 3100 Kulmhotel Gornergrat, Rotten Verlag Visp, 2007
  • Hiking guide Zermatt, alpine monument, Rotten Verlag Visp, 2003 and 2nd edition 2013

Essays

  • Turning point - turning point. Intellectual and cultural historical considerations. Essay, short stories and poems. With illustrations by Yolanda Perren. Rotten Verlag Visp, 2013
  • Myth of the Matterhorn, essays on the mountain of mountains. Valmedia Verlag Visp, 2015

Poetry

  • When earth and sky touch. Mountain, nature and mood poems, Verlag Montserrat Zermatt, 1997

Editing

  • Aroleit. Mountain and valley stories. Rotten Verlag Visp, 2011

honors and awards

  • Recognition award for the UN Year of Mountains, Zermatt municipality for "Wallis - your mountains", 2002
  • Literature award of the Valais writers' association WSV for “On the way to the shining pyramid” 2005
  • Raiffeisen Culture Prize, 2007
  • Culture award of the community of Zermatt, 2012
  • Prize of the Valais writers' association WSV for “Wendezeit-Zeitenwende”, 2013

Memberships

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernesto Perren , website of the Association of Authors of Switzerland (AdS), accessed on September 15, 2016
  2. ↑ a b c cultural award ceremony, on: yaks.ch, (PDF 72 kB), accessed on September 15, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Perren, Ernesto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Perren, Ernest-Joseph (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Zermatt , Canton of Valais