Eugen Sutermeister

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Eugen Sutermeister

Franz Eugen Sutermeister (born November 16, 1862 in Küsnacht ; † June 8, 1931 in Bern ; resident in Zofingen ) was a Swiss engraver, the first Bernese travel preacher for the deaf , carers and poets .

biography

Susanna Bieri (1863–1935), his wife and colleague

At the age of four, Sutermeister lost his hearing due to meningitis . Out of obedience to his father Otto Sutermeister , he entered an engraving apprenticeship.

Sutermeister's first publication appeared in 1896: Songs of a Deaf and Mute . Sutermeister proved his proven literary language competence, which had to impress especially the hearing.

But then what feelings of pleasure come over me;
the tide carries and weighs me in the game, although I have never swum -
Left in a sweet tumble to the waters and the winds,
this is my inner toning, this is my sound perception.
From: The deaf and mute poet

In 1905 Sutermeister had short sermons printed for the deaf and dumb, and in 1907 he founded the Schweizerische Taubstummen-Zeitung. In 1911 he founded the Swiss Deaf and Dumb Association ; From 1911 he was the central secretary of the Swiss Welfare Association for the Deaf and Mute.

Sutermeister was also the Reformed deaf-mute preacher of the regional church, and worked for magazines such as Schweizer Hausfreund , Neuer Hausfreund , Fürs Heim , etc. In 1912 he was appointed a member of the French Academy .

Sutermeister was married to Susanna Bieri (1863-1935), who stood by his side in his work.

His estate is in the Swiss Social Archives .

Fonts

  • Poems Disarmament Conference , A Tobacco Song and Idyll . In: Werner Schmid (editor). The happy Swiss book: short stories, sketches and poems by sixty-nine Swiss poets . Zurich (/ Leipzig / Stuttgart): Rascher & Cie., A.-G., Verlag, 1931. Pages 366–368.
  • Source book on the history of the Swiss deaf-mute system: A reference book for educators and friends of the deaf-mute . (Volume 1: Chapters 1–6; Volume 2: Chapters 7–12; with 400 images) Bern: Selbstverlag / Bern, Althof: Bühler & Werder. 1929.
  • Bibliography of the Swiss deaf and dumb system from its beginnings to the present: A preliminary work . Bern: self-published. 1920.
  • Songs of a deaf and mute . 1896.
  • The deaf and dumb poet .

literature

Published in: Sonos (Ed.): 100 Years of Sonos, in action for the deaf and hard of hearing! 1911–2011: Festschrift . Zurich 2011, OCLC 883387170 , Eugen Sutermeister - a pioneer from the very beginning , p. 9-16 ( table of contents [accessed July 22, 2017]).

Web links

Wikisource: Eugen Sutermeister  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Fritz Schoder : Sutermeister, Eugen. In: Otto Mittler and Georg Boner (editors): Biographisches Lexikon des Aargau, 1803–1957. Aarau: Verlag HR Sauerländer & Co. , 1958. P. 774.
  2. ↑ a b Heinrich Beglinger: Eugen Sutermeister - a pioneer from the very beginning ( Memento from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 3.1 MB). Homage to Eugen Sutermeister: appreciation of the sonos founder. Journal of the Swiss Association for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Organizations , Volume 104, No. 5, May 2010. Pages 4–8.
  3. ^ Heinrich Türler / Friends of Patriotic History (editor). New Bernese paperback for 1932 , 37th volume. Bern: KJ Wyss Erben, AG, 1931. Page 241.
  4. ↑ Urs Kälin: New in the archive: Sonos: Swiss Association for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Organizations. Swiss Social Archives , May 16, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Master sitter, Eugene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sutermeister, Franz Eugen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss engraver, first Bernese travel preacher for the deaf and mute, carers and poets
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Küsnacht
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1931
Place of death Bern