Hans Rudolf Balmer
Hans Rudolf Balmer (born December 20, 1899 in Laupen ; † December 28, 1993 in Bern ) was a Swiss teacher and dialect writer .
Life
Balmer was a teacher in Aeschi near Spiez and in Bern for a long time , from 1959 to 1976 weekly columnist for the Emmentaler newspaper and co-founder of the Bern writers' association . He wrote dialect plays; one of his best-known pieces is Ds Sühniswyb from 1944. Balmer's estate is in the Bern Burger Library .
Awards
- Gfeller-Rindlisbacher Prize for Dialect Games: 1935
- Commission for Bernese Literature: Awarded 1938
- Studio Bern: Radio Play Prize, 1945
- City of Bern Literature Prize: 1946, 1960
literature
- Reto Caluori: Hans Rudolf Balmer . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 108.
- Hans Erpf , Barbara Traber (eds.): "Mutz": 50 years of the Bernese Writers' Association. 1989, p. 18 f.
- Obituary in Der Bund , January 12, 1994
Web links
- Hans Rudolf Balmer in Literapedia
- Literature by and about Hans Rudolf Balmer in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Hans Rudolf Balmer in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
Remarks
- ^ Karin Marti-Weissenbach: Balmer, Hans Rudolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ^ The estate of Hans Rudolf Balmer in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Balmer, Hans Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss teacher and dialect writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laupen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1993 |
| Place of death | Bern |