François Loeb

François Loeb (born December 9, 1940 in Bern ; resident in Baden and Bern) is a Swiss entrepreneur , politician ( FDP ) and writer .

Life

François Loeb was born in Bern in 1940, where he grew up, and graduated from the University of St. Gallen with a degree in economics in 1965 . He then worked for various companies in Canada and Switzerland. From 1975 to 2005 he ran the Loeb department store in Bern, founded by his great-grandfather in 1881 .

In addition to his economic activity, Loeb was politically active: from 1976 to 1982 he was a member of the large municipal council of Muri bei Bern , from 1982 to 1987 he was a member of the large council of the canton of Bern and from 1987 to 1999 of the national council .

Under the pseudonym “Bruno A. Nauser” he regularly published so-called fast-read novels in the weekend edition of the NZZ , which were then published in 1994 as a book. Since then he has published four more volumes of short stories under his real name.

Loeb is married, has two children and now lives in the Black Forest .

Works

• Throwaway worlds. Fast-read novels . Benteli, Wabern 1984, ISBN 3-7165-0966-3 (as Bruno A. Nauser).
• Stories that the circus wrote . 24 stories. Contributions by Rolf Knie . Illustrated by Ted Scapa , Benteli, Bern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7165-1481-8 .
• Stories that the station wrote . 24 stories. Benteli, Bern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7165-1492-4 .
• Stories that football wrote. 36 stories made of round leather . Benteli, Bern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7165-1543-3 .
• Grandfather stories . Prospero, Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3-941688-01-8 .
• Wrong ways of happiness . Prospero, Münster 2010, ISBN 978-3-941688-11-7 .
• The Bärakel von Bern (with Ted Scapa and Norbert Schmidt). Bern Bear Park, Bern 2010.
• Ling-Ling the butterfly (with Irene Naef ). Bern 2011; Cornelius, Halle 2012, ISBN 978-3-86237-679-7 .
• The organist of San Marco and other Venetian stories . Prospero, Münster 2011, ISBN 978-3-941688-19-3 .
• Round stories about angular breakdowns . Stämpfli, Bern 2012, ISBN 978-3-7272-1153-9 .
• Lea and Siegfried . Narrative. Allitera, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86906-466-6 .
• Star room and other hotel stories . Allitera 2013, ISBN 978-3-86906-584-7 .
• Happy birthday baby boomers! . Allitera 2014, ISBN 978-3-86906-672-1 .
• Bookstore to the golden letter . Allitera 2015, ISBN 978-3-86906-762-9 .
• Shangalu the wandering ant (with illustrations by Sabina Hofkunst). Allitera 2015, ISBN 978-3-86906-785-8 .
• Tram eye-catching for commuters . Somedia Glarus 2016, ISBN 978-3-90606-467-3 .
• T-RUMP-EL PATH . Tredition Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-73459-970-5 .
• Time switches . Allitera 2017, ISBN 978-3-86906-927-2 .

Opera libretto

• Grand. Music: Andreas Pflüger . World premiere: June 20, 2004 in Opava

Web links

• François Loeb on the website of the Federal Assembly
• Publications by and about François Loeb in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
• Literature by and about François Loeb in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of François Loeb