Hedi Wyss

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Hedwig "Hedi" Elisabeth Wyss (born October 17, 1940 in Bern ) is a Swiss writer and journalist .

Live and act

Hedi Wyss grew up in Bern, where she also attended schools and universities. During her studies, she worked as a trainee in the culture department of the daily newspaper Der Bund in Bern. For two years she worked as an editor in the fields of culture and reporting for the magazine Die Frau .

She has been a freelance journalist and writer since 1969. She wrote for newspapers and magazines such as Badener Tagblatt , Zürichsee-Zeitung , NZZ , Weltwoche , Annabelle , Emma , WoZ , Wir Eltern , Spick and the Panda-Journal . She worked for the press office of WWF Switzerland for five years . She also published the children's magazine Panda Club here .

Hedi Wyss' first book, Das rosarote Mädchenbuch , a non-fiction book on women's history , was a long-seller in the context of the newly emerging feminism .

Because of the art critical work Wyss was recommended by Heiny Widmer for the «Aargauer Kuratorium» for the promotion of cultural life. From 1978 to 1986 she worked there as a juror in the visual arts and literature working groups. From 1995 to 2002 she was a member of the jury for the award of the children's and youth media prize “ Die Rote Zora ”. She has been President of the Board of Trustees of the "Temperatio" Foundation since 2004 and has been a member of the "Present" Foundation since 2005. The foundation of the “GegenwART” foundation was initiated in mid-2005 by her brother, the entrepreneur Hansjörg Wyss .

As a journalist and writer, she wrote reports , essays and columns on, among other things, art, literature, theater, film, education and women's issues. Art, but above all ecology and behavioral research of animals and humans, remain the focus of her interest. They are reflected in their journalistic and literary works as well as in their commitment by supporting ecological, artistic and social projects in cooperation with foundations. Among other things, she writes columns for the online magazine Literatur & Kunst. a magazine of literature and art .

In 1989 she received a grant from the city of Bern for a six-month stay in New York. Besides the USA, she traveled to Africa, Asia and European countries. Hedi Wyss lives and works in Kilchberg near Zurich.

Awards and honors

  • Honor list of the International Board on Books for Young People (1977, for Rotstrumpf 2. )
  • Book Prize of the City of Bern (1981, for Keine Hand frei .)
  • Swiss Youth Book Prize (1981, for World Behind Glass .)
  • Book Prize of the Canton of Bern (1983, for wings in your head .)
  • Recognition award of the Canton of Zurich, 5th place on the list of the Zurich children's book award La vache qui lit , (1984, for The violet Puma .)
  • Book Prize of the Canton of Bern (1987, for The Ocean Rises .)
  • Scholarship holder of the city of Bern in the Bern studio in New York (1989)
  • Zurich Journalist Award (1990, for the article A green network in New York City (NZZ weekend supplement August 12/13, 1989.))
  • Recognition award from the German Medical Association (1990, for Tina's journey through the air .)
  • Prize of the government council of the canton of Zurich (2003, for bobbed and turban .)

Works

Books

  • The pink girl's book. Encouragement to a new awareness. Hallwag, Bern / Stuttgart 1972, ISBN 3-444-10119-8 .
  • World behind glass. Youth novel. Benziger, Zurich / Cologne 1979, ISBN 3-545-33076-1 ; Ex libris licensed edition 1981, Ravensburger Jeans-Bücher, Maier, Ravensburg 1982, ISBN 3-473-38760-6 .
  • No hand free. Novel. Benziger, Zurich / Cologne 1980, ISBN 3-545-36323-6 .
  • Wings in the head. Novel. Benziger, Zurich / Cologne 1982, ISBN 3-545-36338-4 .
  • The purple puma. Children's novel. With illustrations by Rolf Weber. Benziger, Zurich / Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-545-31122-8 .
  • The ocean is rising. Novel. Nagel and Kimche, Zurich 1987, ISBN 3-312-00132-3 (Here Wyss addresses environmental disasters.)
  • Tina's ride through the air. A children's novel with pictures by Nell Graber. Nagel and Kimche, Zurich / Frauenfeld 1990, ISBN 3-312-00739-9 .
    • Spanish: El viaje de Tina en globo. Trans. V. Amalia Bermejo. Ilustr. by Juan Carlos Sanz. Espasa Calpe, Madrid 1992, ISBN 84-239-7149-X .
  • Bob hairstyle and cleaning turban. A life in the twentieth century. eFeF, Bern / Wettingen 2003, ISBN 3-905561-51-4 .
  • Hansjörg Wyss - My brother. eFeF, Wettingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-905561-98-2 .
  • Der weisse Hirsch, Münster Verlag 2017 ISBN 978-3-905896-63-3

Radio plays

  • The butterflies flutter so excitedly. Radio DRS - Studio Zurich, New Year's Eve 1989/1990. (Director: Mario Hindermann)

Editing

Translations

Literary translations from French:

  • Yvette Z'Graggen : time of love, time of anger. Benziger, Zurich 1982.
  • Yvette Z'Graggen: Breaking glass. Benziger, Zurich 1988.
  • Yvette Z'Graggen: Cornelia. Lenos Verlag, Basel 2001.
  • Monique Saint-Hélier : dream cage. Huber, Frauenfeld 1990.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Galli: The Feminist and the Billionaire. In: Der Bund from May 15, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Wyss, Hedi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wyss, Hedwig Elisabeth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern