Eugene Aellen

Eugen Aellen (born March 22, 1887 in Zurich ; † January 3, 1945 in Arlesheim near Basel ) was a Swiss poet and teacher .

life and work

After studying German at the University of Basel , Aellen taught German as a teacher at the Cantonal School in Schaffhausen from 1910 . In 1912 he received the title of Dr. phil. In the same year, his dissertation, Sources and Style of Paul Gerhardt's Songs: A Contribution to the History of Religious Poetry of the XVII. Published in the 19th century .

In 1924 his first literary work, the poetry book Gedichte, was published by Benno Schwabe & Co. in Basel . In 1929 the volume Freie Rhytmen was published by the Münsterpresse in Horgen-Zurich. In 1934 he published another volume of poetry with the book Poems of the Wanderer . In 1937 the volume Fifty Fables was finally published. In 1939 the 16-page print Sommer: Wir wandern durch die Felder was published in Zurich : Small cantata for youth choir, mixed choir and instruments: Op. 67. with the music of the composer Rudolf Moser and the texts of Eugen Aellen.

Aellen died in Arlesheim in January 1945 at the age of 57.

Fonts (selection)

• Sources and style of the songs of Paul Gerhardt: A contribution to the history of religious lyric poetry of the XVII. Century. Non-fiction. Stämpfl printing press, Bern 1912.
• Poems. Poetry. Benno Schwabe & Co., Basel 1922.
• Free rhythms. Poetry. Münsterpresse, Horgen-Zurich 1929.
• Poems of the Wanderer. Poetry. Cultural policy. Verl., Berlin 1934.
• Fifty fables. Fables. Geering, Basel 1937.

Web links

• Eugen Aellen in WorldCat
• Hans Steiner: Eugen Aellen (PDF)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eugen Aellen In: Lutz Hagestedt (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon . The 20th Century Volume 1: Aab - Bauer. Verlag Walter de Gruyter , 2000, page 82.
2. ↑ Eugene Aellen. In: Basilea poetica: an anthology. 1900–1950, Volume 3. , Schwabe, 1955, p. 245