Hans Ganz

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Hans Ganz (born March 9, 1890 in Zurich ; † July 27, 1957 there ) was a Swiss writer , painter and composer .

Life

Hans Ganz was the son of the portrait photographer Rudolf Ganz and his wife Sophie Henriette, née Bartenfeld. His siblings were the photographer and film pioneer Emil Ganz , the art historian Paul Ganz and the composer, pianist and conductor Rudolph Ganz . He graduated from high school in the Glarisegg Landerziehungsheim / Canton Thurgau and from 1908 studied philosophy , psychology , art history and musicology at the Universities of Göttingen , Leipzig , Munich , Berlin and Basel . In 1917 he received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Basel. During the First World War , Ganz was a first lieutenant in the Swiss Army ; At the same time he was in contact with pacifist circles in Zurich and, after openly welcoming the October Revolution in 1917 , was given leave of absence from his officer post. Ganz worked as an auxiliary teacher in Glarisegg and Zuoz / Canton of Graubünden . He then lived as a writer, painter and composer in Zurich and from 1924 to 1929 in Paris . He also made extensive trips to Morocco , Spain , the Soviet Union in 1933 and the United States in 1937 .

Hans Ganz's literary work, which was strongly influenced by Expressionism in its early days , includes narrative prose , dramas and a biography by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi .

Works

  • Tereus , Berlin 1910
  • Peter the child , Zurich [u. a.] 1915
  • The morning , Zurich 1917
  • Leibniz's unconscious in relation to modern theories , Zurich 1917 (Diss. University of Basel 1917)
  • In the house of Mrs. Klaras , Frauenfeld [u. a.] 1918
  • The apprentice , Potsdam 1920
  • Pestalozzi , Zurich 1946

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SURNAME Quite, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss author
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 1957
Place of death Zurich