Hans Zbinden
Hans Zbinden (born August 26, 1893 in Bern , † May 9, 1971 ibid) was a Swiss publisher and author .
Zbinden studied law and history in Bern and Zurich ; In 1919 he received his doctorate in Bern. From 1934 to 1959 he was director of the art book publisher Iris. In 1950 he received a lectureship in cultural sociology and criticism , became honorary professor in Bern in 1955 , and was president of the Swiss Writers' Association from 1953 to 1967 .
His best-known writings include Die Moralkrise des Abendlandes (1940), Automation as a human problem (1957) and The threatened human being (1959); With them he made a significant contribution to the intellectual and cultural rethinking of Switzerland after the Second World War .
His estate is in the Swiss Literary Archives .
literature
- Swiss Biographical Archive , Volume 6, 1958, p. 125.
Web links
- Yvonne Leimgruber: Zbinden, Hans. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Publications by and about Hans Zbinden in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Hans Zbinden's estate in the HelveticArchives archive database of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Hans Zbinden in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Yvonne Leimgruber: Zbinden, Hans. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zbinden, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss publisher and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1971 |
| Place of death | Bern |