Gertrud Heizmann

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Gertrud Heizmann (born February 10, 1905 in Bern , † December 9, 1992 in Murten ) was a Swiss author for children and young people.

Life

Gertrud Heizmann was born as the daughter of a mechanic in Bern. After finishing secondary school , she completed an apprenticeship as a bookseller with Francke in Bern. In the following years she worked in Exeter , Pisa and Paris on her profession. In the French capital she met Erwin Heimann and followed him back to Switzerland, where the couple married in 1936. In 1937 the son Alexander Heimann was born, who was to make a name for himself as a crime writer.

From the late 1930s on, Gertrud Heizmann wrote many successful books for children and young people, some in German , some in Bernese dialect .

Awards

Works

  • Six on the Stockhorn . Francke, Bern 1939
  • The six at the sneeze. A holiday story . Francke, Bern 1941
  • Xandi and the wonder herb. A story for children . Francke, Bern 1943
  • Christjohann and Kesslergret. A children's story from the Bündner Mountains . Francke, Bern 1946
  • Six in the mountains . Narrative. Francke, Bern 1947
  • Munggi. A story of marmots and a little girl . Francke, Bern 1950
  • Five children and three goats . Youth book. Evangelischer Verlag, Zollikon 1953
  • Enrico. The story of an Italian boy in Switzerland . Francke, Bern 1954
  • Under the bridge . Francke, Bern 1958
  • We still have wind in our hair . Francke, Bern 1960
  • At ten o'clock on the Concorde . Francke, Bern 1963
  • The cheeky Rötelein. A story of two big and five little foxes . Francke, Bern 1966
  • Between firn and asphalt . Francke, Bern 1970
  • E sparrow flies i heaven. Bärndütschi story for the forecourt . Francke, Bern 1972
  • Mother Jolie . Francke, Bern 1976
  • D'Josephine and her daughters. E bärndütschi Chatzegschicht . Viktoria, Ostermundigen 1980

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SURNAME Heizmann, Gertrud
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss author of books for children and young people
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1992
Place of death Murten