Gustav Huonker
Gustav Huonker-Frei (born August 11, 1922 in Zurich , entitled to live there ; † May 29, 2019 in Zurich) was a Swiss journalist , publicist and politician ( SP ).
Life
Gustav Huonker graduated from the Küsnacht teacher training college and studied at the universities of Zurich and Lausanne . He worked as a secondary school teacher. From 1961 to 1965 he was the features editor of the social democratic newspaper Volksrecht in Zurich, and later a freelance journalist. He also worked as a journalist and literary historian. From 1970 to 1990 he was a councilor for the city of Zurich.
The historian Thomas Huonker is his younger son.
Awards
- 1977, 1984, 1986: Honorary gifts from the Canton of Zurich
- 1985: Honorary gift from the City of Zurich
Works
- Till Eulenspiegel. Aarau: Sauerländer, 1952
- The cold heart. Elgg ZH: Volksverlag, 1958
- The Booby Hans. Aarau: Sauerlander, 1960
- Bauhaus 1919–1933. Zurich: HfGZ, 1988
- Zurich literary scene. Zurich: Unionsverlag, 1985
- Editions
- Elisabeth Gerter : The stickers. Zurich: Book Club Ex Libris , 1981
- Maxim Gorky : Memories of Tolstoy. Zurich: Verlag Gute Schriften, 1988
- Kurt Tucholsky : Letters from Silence. Reinbek near Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1990
- Kurt Tucholsky: "Dear Winter Nuuna, dear Hasenfritzli". Zurich: Offizin Zurich, 1990
- Kurt Tucholsky: The Q Diaries. Reinbek near Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1995
- (together with Antje Bonitz) Kurt Tucholsky: Letters 1933–1934 (= complete edition. Vol. 20). Reinbek near Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1996.
- (together with Antje Bonitz) Kurt Tucholsky: Briefe 1935 (= complete edition. Vol. 21). Reinbek near Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1997.
- Elisabeth Gerter: Sister Lisa. Zurich: Unionsverlag, 2004
literature
- Tobias Hoffmann-Allenspach: Gustav Huonker . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 891 f.
Web links
- Entry about Gustav Huonker in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
- Author portrait by Gustav Huonker on the website of the Unionsverlag , Zurich
- Jochen Reinert: Zurich, where Tucholsky found his Nuuna , Vorwärts , 1998
Individual evidence
- ↑ Publicist and politician Gustav Huonker died at 96. Report on Nau.ch , June 5, 2019. Accessed June 5, 2019.
- ↑ Thomas Huonker , Thomas Huonker website, accessed October 5, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Huonker, Gustav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Huonker-Frei, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss journalist, publicist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | 29 May 2019 |
| Place of death | Zurich |