Hans Walter (writer)

Hans Walter (born January 17, 1912 in Brügg / Canton of Bern , † May 24, 1992 in Buchillon / Canton of Vaud ) was a German-speaking Swiss writer , watercolorist and draftsman .

Life

Hans Walter grew up in Biel . He studied German and art history at the universities in Munich and Berlin . From 1950 he lived in seclusion with his partner, the sculptor and collagist Hans Gerber, as a freelance writer in Buchillon in Vaud . In addition to his literary work, which mainly consists of novels , short stories and essays , Hans Walter worked for various features in German-language newspapers and also created drawings and watercolors . Hans Walter received a. a. In 1943, 1950 and 1963 a prize from the Swiss Schiller Foundation, an honorary gift from the Canton of Zurich in 1953 and an honorary gift from the City of Zurich in 1973 .

A conjurer of his nothing , Berlin 1933
My hour , Radolfzell 1934
The Lord and other stories , Bern 1936
Happy Land , St. Gallen 1941, with a cover drawing by Gunter Böhmer
The old lady , Bern-Bümpliz [u. a.] 1942, with illustrations by Fritz Deringer
The little virtuoso , Olten 1942, with drawings by Gunter Böhmer
Pluralis modestiae , Olten 1942
The foolish shadow , St. Gallen 1942, with a cover drawing by Gunter Böhmer
Little everyday life , St. Gallen 1943, cover and title drawing by Gunter Böhmer
Summer old town , Olten 1943
Seeland , Bern-Bümpliz 1944, with drawings by Tonio Ciolina
Poems , St. Gallen 1946, with a title vignette by Gunter Böhmer
Im Verborgenen , St. Gallen 1950, cover and drawings by Gunter Böhmer
Fina , Zurich 1952, with drawings by Gunter Böhmer
In the evening of time , Zurich [u. a.] 1953
Goods of this life , Zurich 1953
From day to day , Zurich 1954
March sun, memorial sheet, Bern 1955, with drawings by Fernand Giauque
Mirror images , Zurich [u. a.] 1956
The thread of Ariadne , Zurich [u. a.] 1958
The big tour , Zurich [u. a.] 1962
Mein Himmelsstrich , Zurich [u. a.] 1962, with drawings by Hans Walter
In the Change of the Year , Zurich [u. a.] 1968
Greek gods , Munich 1971
A picture sheet , Bern 1973
The blue armchair , Zurich 1973
Many among us , Zurich 1974
Follower , Zurich 1977

Your heart knows about hidden things , Zurich 1952, with illustrations by Werner an der Matt
Venice , Zurich [u. a.] 1955, with photographs by Karl Jud
Florence , Zurich [u. a.] 1956, with photographs by Karl Jud
Friedrich von Logau : Everyone chooses what they like as the greatest good in this world , Zurich 1956
The little things are big too , Zurich [u. a.] 1960, with photographs by Karl Jud
Joseph von Eichendorff : Where is the worry now and need , Zurich [u. a.] 1961, with drawings by Gunter Böhmer
Enchanted everyday life , Zurich [u. a.] 1963
Berge , Zurich [u. a.] 1967, with photographs by Karl Jud
Wald , Zurich [u. a.] 1970, with photographs by Karl Jud
Hans Gerber , Man and his work, Benteli Verlag, Bern 1982

The entire literary estate of Hans Walter is in the Swiss Literary Archives (SLA). These include manuscripts, typescripts, the (for the most part) unpublished diaries, unpublished novels (e.g. "Toter Phoeniz") and unpublished stories. There is also an exchange of letters with writers such as Hermann Hesse , Max Frisch , Albrecht Goes , Hugo Marti , Joachim Maass , Peter Kilian, Hans Albrecht Moser , Josef Reinhart , Gustave Roud , Karl Schölly , Carl Seelig and Edzard Schaper as well as with literary , History and art scholars such as Carl Jacob Burckhardt , Karl Schmid , Michael Stettler , Emil Staiger and Werner Weber in the SLA.