Hans A. Jenny

Hans A. Jenny (born June 13, 1931 in Riehen ) is a Swiss journalist and author of cultural-historical non-fiction. He lives in the Upper Basel municipality of Tecknau , where he has built up an extensive private library.

Awards

• 1993: Culture Prize of the Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank
• 1995: Culture Prize of the Riehen community

Works (selection)

• Basler - All-Basler. Anecdotes, stories and stories from Basel . Pharos, Basel 1961.
• Murders, fires and scandals. A panopticon from Basel's darkest history . Pharos, Basel 1970.
• Local history Tecknau . Publishing house of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft, Liestal 1987.
• Miracle animals . SJW , Zurich 1988.
• We invite you to table. Nostalgic table culture and culinary and gastronomic rarities . AT, Aarau 1988, ISBN 3-85502-315-8 .
• Basel anecdotes . Reinhardt, Basel 1990, ISBN 3-7245-0711-9 .
• Swiss originals. Portraits of Swiss individuals :
  • Part 1: Nebelspalter, Rorschach 1991, ISBN 3-85819-158-2 .
  • Part 2: Nebelspalter, Rorschach 1992, ISBN 3-85819-176-0 .
  • Part 3: Nebelspalter, Rorschach 1993, ISBN 3-85819-187-6 .
  • Part 4: Reinhardt, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7245-1034-9 .
  • Part 5: Reinhardt, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7245-1073-X .
• The craziest nostalgia. The most hair-raising "miracle men" . Basler Zeitung, Basel 1995, ISBN 3-85815-288-9 .
• Basel originals . Reinhardt, Basel 1996, ISBN 3-7245-0923-5 .
• The craziest curiosa. The most extreme special things . Basler Zeitung, Basel 1997, ISBN 3-85815-308-7 .
• Sissi . Love, tragedy and legends . Reinhardt, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7245-1000-4 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans A. Jenny in the catalog of the German National Library
• Own website
• Government council pays tribute to Hans A. Jenny . Media release of June 14, 2016.
• Herbert Blaser: Video portrait of Hans A. Jenny