Heinrich Wiesner
Heinrich Wiesner (born July 1, 1925 in Zeglingen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft ; † February 27, 2019 in Reinach in the canton of Basel-Landschaft) was a Swiss writer .
Life
Heinrich Wiesner, son of a farmer, trained as a primary school teacher in Schiers . From 1945 to 1947 he worked as a teacher for so-called "difficult to educate children" in Liestal , then until 1981 as a teacher in Augst and Reinach . In 1981 he moved to Reinach and worked as a freelance writer. He had been married since 1962 and had a daughter born in 1967.
His first book was published in 1951, the volume of poetry The Inner Wanderer . Wiesner stood out particularly with his short and “shortest stories”. From 1987 he also wrote stories and novels for schoolchildren. Wiesner was a member of the Olten group ; after its dissolution, he joined the writers' association of authors in Switzerland .
Awards (selection)
- 1957 Poetry Prize from Radio Beromünster
- 1968 Award of the Pro Helvetia Foundation
- 1973 Entire Works Prize from the Swiss Schiller Foundation
- 1980 Literature Prize of the Canton of Baselland
Works
- The inner wanderer . Poems. Book friends, Basel 1951
- Light boats. Poems 1954–1957 . Eirene, Küsnacht / Zurich 1958
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Laconic lines . With drawings by Celestino Piatti . Piper , Munich 1965, without ISBN
- New edition: Lenos (Litprint 57), Basel 1981
- Special edition volumes 1 and 2: Lenos, Basel 2015, ISBN 978-3-85787-461-1
- Concise stories . With drawings by Celestino Piatti. Piper, Munich 1967
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Locations. A chronicle . Novel. Diogenes , Zurich 1969
- New edition: Lenos (Pocket 55), Basel 2000, ISBN 3-85787-655-7
- Rico. One case . Report. Lenos (Litprint 98), Basel 1970
- The other side of the coin. New laconic lines . With drawings by Celestino Piatti. Piper, Munich 1972, ISBN 3-492-01966-8
- Note distress. School stories . Lenos (Litprint 91), Basel 1973
- The Jass . Play. Diogenes, Zurich 1973 (first performance 1971 in Basel)
- The thank you letter . Novel. Lenos (Litprint 72), Basel 1975
- The transformed land . A reader. Commission Lüdin, Liestal 1977
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The giant at the table . Lenos, Basel 1979
- New edition: Lenos (Pocket 25), Basel 1995, ISBN 3-85787-625-5
- Heinrich Wiesner's Shortest Stories . Lenos (Litprint 49), Basel 1980
- The man from the moon . Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk (SJW 1542), Zurich 1980
- What god for dead . Lenos (Litprint 30), Basel 1984, ISBN 3-85787-125-3
- New short stories . Nebelspalter , Rorschach 1985
- Jaromir with the knights . School novel. Zytglogge , Gümligen 1987, ISBN 3-7296-0281-0
- Iseblitz. The forest fox that became the city fox . School novel. Zytglogge, Gümligen 1989, ISBN 3-7296-0311-6
- Jaromir in a medieval city . School novel. Zytglogge, Gümligen 1990, ISBN 3-7296-0360-4
- The worthy old woman . Novel. Lenos, Basel 1992, ISBN 3-85787-217-9
- The longest Good Friday. Country stories . Lenos, Basel 1995, ISBN 3-85787-247-0
- Light boats . Poems (with colored woodcuts by Ruedi Pfirter). Heinzelmann & Kunz, Liestal 1996
- Wolf girl . Children's novel. Zytglogge, Gümligen 1998, ISBN 3-7296-0573-9
- The people, the things . Reading book stories. Lenos, Basel 2000, ISBN 3-85787-296-9
- Jaromir with the mammoth hunters . School novel. Zytglogge, Gümligen 2000, ISBN 3-7296-0608-5
- Hoppel rabbit & hedgehog Isidor . Two animal stories. Zytglogge, Oberhofen 2007, ISBN 3-7296-0729-4
Web links
- Christian Baertschi: Heinrich Wiesner. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Literature by and about Heinrich Wiesner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry in the Bibliomedia Foundation's authors' directory
- Entry about Heinrich Wiesner in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
- Heinrich Wiesner In: Basler Zeitung
- Obituary In: Basler Zeitung , March 5, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinrich Wiesner. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2018/2019. Volume II: PZ. Walter de Gruyter , 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-057616-0 , p. 1028.
- ↑ a b Short biography in: The reverse side of the medal , p. 82.
- ↑ Verena Stössinger: "Heinrich Wiesner only ever writes what he experiences". In: Basellandschaftliche Zeitung . June 30, 2015.
- ↑ Mathias Balzer: The master of the short form has fallen silent. In: bz Basel . 5th March 2019.
- ↑ Virtuoso of the small form - the Swiss writer Heinrich Wiener is dead. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . 5th March 2019.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wiesner, Heinrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1925 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zeglingen |
DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 2019 |
Place of death | Reinach BL |