Heinrich Wiesner

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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)

Works

  • The inner wanderer . Poems. Book friends, Basel 1951
  • Light boats. Poems 1954–1957 . Eirene, Küsnacht / Zurich 1958
  • Laconic lines . With drawings by Celestino Piatti . Piper , Munich 1965, without ISBN
  • Concise stories . With drawings by Celestino Piatti. Piper, Munich 1967
  • Locations. A chronicle . Novel. Diogenes , Zurich 1969
  • 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
  • The giant at the table . Lenos, Basel 1979
  • 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ a b Short biography in: The reverse side of the medal , p. 82.
  3. ↑ Verena Stössinger: "Heinrich Wiesner only ever writes what he experiences". In: Basellandschaftliche Zeitung . June 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ Mathias Balzer: The master of the short form has fallen silent. In: bz Basel . 5th March 2019.
  5. ↑ Virtuoso of the small form - the Swiss writer Heinrich Wiener is dead. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . 5th March 2019.
personal data
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