Guido Schmezer
Guido Schmezer (born December 28, 1924 in Olten ; † September 19, 2019 in Bern ) was a Swiss writer who was mainly known under his pseudonym Ueli the writer .
Life
After completing his PhD in philology, Schmezer worked as a high school teacher for the Swiss radio DRS and the magazine Nebelspalter . In 1967 Reynold Tschäppät appointed him Head of Information for the City of Bern. From 1975 to 1989 he was director of the Bern City Archives .
The journalist Ueli Schmezer is his son.
Works
Books:
- The poetic gender in the poems of Matthew Arnold and AH Clough . Dissertation Bern 1952.
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A Bernese named ... 7 volumes. Nebelspalter, Rorschach 1961–1980.
- Special edition in one volume: 111 x A Bernese named ... Nebelspalter, Rorschach 1990.
- New edition as: A Bernese named ... 130 verses. Zytglogge, Oberhofen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7296-0756-9 .
- Special edition in one volume: 111 x A Bernese named ... Nebelspalter, Rorschach 1990.
- Bern for beginners. Diogenes, Zurich 1962.
- Praise to slowness. Haupt, Bern 1969.
- 100 times Bärner platter. Prose articles from the «Nebelspalter». Benteli, Bern 1972.
- Bern doors and gates. Haupt, Bern 1980.
- Fifty years of Bern in flowers. Der Bund, Bern 1987.
- Bern 1939. A year of city history in the shadow of world events. Haupt, Bern 1989.
- 50 years of forging guild society. ADD-Design, Bern 1995.
- One hundred years of the Citizens' Committee of the Civic Community of Bern 1889–1989. Burgergemeinde Bern, Bern 1992.
- 125 years of «Spysi» - restaurant of the city of Bern. Bern 2002.
Radio broadcasts:
- The kaleidophone. Saturday night entertainment magazine. 21 issues. DRS 1955–1960.
- Radio competition. 15 issues. DRS 1955–1962.
Translation:
- David Severn: Around the Gallows Forest. A happy adventure story from England. Sauerländer, Aarau 1947.
Web links
- Literature by and about Guido Schmezer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry about Guido Schmezer in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
- Urs Tremp: «A Bernese named ...». Obituary in: NZZ on Sunday , October 13, 2019, p. 23.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bern poet and city archivist Guido Schmezer has died. Berner Zeitung , October 7, 2019, accessed on October 7, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmezer, Guido |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ueli the scribe (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Olten |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th September 2019 |
| Place of death | Bern |