Erwin Haller

Erwin Haller ( March 12, 1885 in Rein, Rüfenach municipality in the canton of Aargau ; † 1971 ) was a Swiss German studies specialist and teacher.

Life

Erwin Haller was the son of pastor Erwin Friedrich Haller and Angelika Marie Haller, née Schwaab (1840–1918). He grew up with four siblings, one older brother was the writer Paul Haller .

He studied German and history at the University of Zurich as well as in Munich and Berlin . From 1926 to 1956 he was a district school teacher in Aarau . He headed the Swiss Federation for Simplified Spelling for several years as its President.

After the suicide of his brother Paul, Erwin Haller published his works in critical editions and wrote a biography of him. He administered Paul Haller's personal and literary estate, which is now in the Aargau State Archives .

Works (selection)

• Mayor Johannes Herzog von Effingen, 1773–1840. Dissertation. Publishing house HR Sauerländer & Co.Aarau 1911.
• Paul Haller, poems. Publishing house HR Sauerländer & Co., Aarau 1922.
• D 'Johreszyte. Es Speel uf Aargauer Tütsch for Schuelerchind. Aarau 1927.
• Paul Haller 1882-1920. A picture of life. Publishing house HR Sauerländer & Co., Aarau 1931.
• Paul Haller 1882-1920. In: Pictures of life from Aargau. 1803-1953. Argovia, 65, 1953, pp. 429-432.
• Erwin Haller:  Haller, Paul. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , pp. 551 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Paul Haller. July 13, 1882 to March 10, 1920. In: Brugger Neujahrs-Blätter. 32, 1922, pp. 45-55.
• Paul Haller as a poet. In: Brugger Neujahrs-Blätter. 33, 1923, pp. 14-21.
• Guido Frey, drawing teacher at the Aarau district school. In: Report on the Aarau Municipal Schools. 1948/49.
• Paul Haller. Collected Works. Verlag HR Sauerländer & Co., Aarau 1956; 2nd edition, ibid. 1964.

Web links

• Haller Erwin in the matriculation edition of the University of Zurich