Hedwig Egger-von Moos
Hedwig Egger von Moos (born November 20, 1880 in Sachseln , † January 19, 1965 in Lucerne ) was a Swiss businesswoman and poet .
Hedwig Egger-von Moos was the daughter of Obwalden Landammann Paul von Moos . She attended the teachers' seminar in Menzingen ZG and studied linguistics. In 1907 she married the hotelier Othmar Egger, with whom she had four children. She worked as a businesswoman and ran a hotel in Melchsee-Frutt from 1923 to 1936 .
As a writer, she wrote poems in Obwalden dialect, which she occasionally read to the guests of her hotel. Jost Marty (1920–1988) set some of these poems to music.
Hedwig Egger-von Moos received the Radio Prize from the Bern Radio Cooperative in 1955 after she appeared as a narrator in numerous radio broadcasts.
Works
- s'Harz full of sun. Poems
- Muetterliebi, Chinderlache. Poems
- Heimeligs Obwalde, poems
- It's burning. Poems
- S'will Abig would. Poems
literature
- Doris Stump (among others): German-speaking women writers in Switzerland, 1700–1945. 1994, p. 61.
- Werner Reinhard (ed.): Derheimä. 50 poems by Hedwig Egger-von Moos. Sarnen 2013. ISBN 978-3-9523654-3-4 .
Web links
- Doris Stump: Egger [-von Moos], Hedwig. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Kernser artists and cultural workers
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Egger-von Moos, Hedwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss businesswoman and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sachseln |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1965 |
| Place of death | Lucerne |