Ewald Kaeser (poet)
Ewald Kaeser (born August 19, 1942 in Bösingen , according to other sources Rheinfelden ; died December 15, 2002 ) was a Swiss writer and journalist .
Life
Ewald Kaeser grew up in Rheinfelden. His father was the trade unionist of the same name . Kaeser studied German with Walter Muschg at the University of Basel . In 1968 he broke off his studies. In the same year he became an editor and journalist for the National-Zeitung . In 1976 he became a member of the Basel AZ editorial team , which he soon left for health reasons. From 1980 he was employed part-time for the Textile Chemistry Paper Union (GTCP) and wrote poetry. He was a co-founder of the Werkstatt Arbeiterkultur (WAK), in which his father also published, who in addition to his trade union activities also worked as a workers' poet.
Kaeser's poetry is described as taciturn, strongly condensed and rhythmically oriented towards jazz. He was considered a jazz connoisseur and worked in a group around Otto Flückiger on the creation of oral history interviews with Swiss jazz pioneers (jazzdocumentation.ch).
Works
- Taken by language. Poems . Hapes, Pratteln 1982, ISBN 3-906360-03-2 .
- Time of the wild wasps. Poems . Hapes, Pratteln 1983, ISBN 3-906360-05-9 .
- Daily delivery of speech garbage. Poems . Hapes, Pratteln 1984, ISBN 3-906360-06-7 .
- Seasons. Poems . Z-Verlag, Basel 1988, ISBN 3-85990-084-6 .
- Salecina. Poems . Forster & Frankenberger, Grellingen 1997.
Web links
- Kaeser, Ewald. In: Basler Literarisches Archiv. Basel University Library, accessed on June 21, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kaeser, Ewald. In: Basler Literarisches Archiv. Basel University Library, accessed on June 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Linda Stibler: Ewald Kaeser . In: Basler Zeitung . January 2, 2003, p. 20 .
- ↑ Successful jazz in the new cellar . In: Basler Zeitung . February 3, 2003, p. 25 .
- ↑ Linda Stibler: Ewald Kaeser . In: Basler Zeitung . January 2, 2003, p. 20 .
- ↑ Basel poet . In: Basler Zeitung . December 15, 2018, p. 31 .
- ↑ Linda Stibler: Ewald Kaeser . In: Basler Zeitung . January 2, 2003, p. 20 .
- ↑ Linda Stibler: Ewald Kaeser . In: Basler Zeitung . January 2, 2003, p. 20 .
- ↑ Ralph Hug: Antifascist and Worker Poet; On the death of trade unionist Ewald Kaeser (1918–2010) . In: Work . January 21, 2011, p. 11 .
- ↑ A living evening for the dead . In: Basler Zeitung . December 22, 2003, p. 27 .
- ↑ Linda Stibler: Ewald Kaeser . In: Basler Zeitung . January 2, 2003, p. 20 .
- ^ Martin Zingg: Babel in Kleinbasel . In: Basler Zeitung . August 12, 2003, p. 32 .
- ↑ Lukas Müller: A tireless creator for the good of jazz . In: Basler Zeitung . May 17, 2003, p. 39 .
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SURNAME | Kaeser, Ewald |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss journalist and poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bösingen or Rheinfelden |
DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 2002 |
Place of death | Basel |