Ernst Eggimann

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Ernst Eggimann (born April 23, 1936 in Bern ; † June 16, 2015 near Arles , France ) was a Swiss writer and teacher. He was best known for his laconic, onomatopoeic poems in Bernese dialect .

Life

After high school, Ernst Eggimann attended the teaching college at the University of Bern . From 1960 he was a secondary teacher, first in Bümpliz and then in Langnau im Emmental .

In the early 1970s, he caused a sensation beyond the Emmental with a Bern German poem about green cows. His dialect spelling was modeled on the sound. A playful, rhythmic lyric was created, which often put the language itself at the center. This inspired exponents of the free music scene to set the poems to music. Many spoken word poets describe Eggimann as the forefather of their art. The NZZ called him a word musician .

In addition to poems, he also published numerous prose texts, wrote several pieces for the stage and dialect radio plays for Swiss radio.

Ernst Eggimann was one of the founders of the Olten Group and was a member of the Association of Authors of Switzerland (AdS).

From 1986 to 1997 Ernst Eggimann was a member of the cantonal parliament and for some time the parliamentary group president of the Green Free List .

In his presence in Langnau in 2012, the Ernst-Eggimann-Weg was inaugurated in his honor.

Awards

  • 1967: Literature Prize of the City of Bern
  • 1968: Literature Prize of the Canton of Bern
  • 1971: Award of the Pro Helvetia Foundation
  • 1973: Book Prize of the Canton of Bern
  • 1982: Book Prize of the City of Bern

Works

Volumes of poetry

  • Psalms , Limes, Wiesbaden 1967
  • Henusode , Arche, Zurich 1968
    • New extended edition: Arche, Zurich 1979
  • Heikermänt , Arche, Zurich 1971
    • modified new edition: Henusomänt , Fischer Media, Münsingen 1998
  • Jesus texts , Arche, Zurich 1972
    • New edition: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1986
  • E satz zmitts id wäut , Arche, Zurich 1981

prose

  • The downside. Heraclitus . Two stories, Tschudy (Der Bogen 72), St.Gallen 1963
  • Before the youngest year . Stories, Arche, Zurich 1969
  • The student's landscape , Arche, Zurich 1973
  • Meditation with open eyes , Kaiser (Traktate 12), Munich 1974
    • Revised new edition: Fischer Media, Münsingen 1999
  • Emmental (illustrated book), Rentsch, Zurich 1983

Theatrical performances

  • Worker - Bible - Circle . One act, Basel 1971
  • Calisthenics . One act, Solothurn 1972
  • Arnold Schär . One act, Solothurn 1973
  • I dr night sy si cho . Piece, Bern 1977
  • The couch . Individual piece, Lucerne 1979

Radio plays / radio broadcasts

  • Lüdere Chilbi 2000 , Swiss Radio DRS , Bern 1972
  • I dr night sy si cho , DRS, Bern 1978
  • I mean ds Beschte wöue , DRS, Bern 1979

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swiss Literary Archives (SLA). Nonconformism Archive Fredi Lerch - Eggimann, Ernst
  2. ↑ The dialect lyricist Ernst Eggimann fell silent , SRF, June 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ NZZ, June 18, 2015

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Obituaries
personal data
SURNAME Eggimann, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 2015
Place of death at Arles