Hermann Hiltbrunner
Hermann Hiltbrunner (born November 24, 1893 in Biel-Benken , Switzerland ; † May 11, 1961 in Uerikon ) was a Swiss writer who published mainly poetry as well as nature and travel descriptions.
Life
Hermann Hiltbrunner worked briefly as a primary school teacher and then studied natural sciences, philosophy and German in Bern and Zurich . After obtaining his secondary education certificate , he lived in Germany and France, and traveled to North Africa and Scandinavia, among other places. Here he was looking for Knut Hamsun in 1921 , from whom he translated poems and the novel The Last Chapter .
From 1935 Hiltbrunner lived as a freelance writer in Uerikon near Stäfa on Lake Zurich . Of around 3,000 poems written, he published a good half in 23 volumes of poetry.
His estate is in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern.
Awards
- 1937 Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize
- 1941 Literature Prize of the City of Zurich
Works (selection)
Prose works
- Nordland and Northern Lights. Dreams and fulfillments from my wandering years . Rhein-Verlag, Basel 1924
- A Swiss Robinson on Svalbard. The experiences of four shipwrecked people in the polar night . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1926
- Svalbard summer. A book of the rapture and emotion. A book of nature . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1926
- The person and the year. Twelve monthly observations . Oprecht, Zurich 1939
- Face of home. Considerations . Oprecht, Zurich 1943
- Consolation of nature . Bühl, Herrliberg 1943
- The Song of Songs of the Mountains . Artemis, Zurich 1944
- All success is grace. Diaries (1946–1952) . Artemis, Zurich 1958
Volumes of poetry
- Holy intoxication. Poems . Selection from five lyrical works from 1920 and 1921. Oprecht, Zurich 1939
- Holy songs. Poems . Selection from the years 1939 to 1943. Scientia Verlag, Zurich 1945
- And the light wins . A collection of poems. Fretz & Wasmuth, Zurich 1960
- Shadows . A collection of poems. Fretz & Wasmuth, Zurich 1962
As translator
- Knut Hamsun: The eternal roar . Selected poems. Langen, Munich 1927
- Knut Hamsun: The last chapter . Novel. Langen (= Collected Works 13), Munich 1928
literature
- Hans Schumacher: Hiltbrunner, Hermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 163 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Publications by and about Hermann Hiltbrunner in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Hermann Hiltbrunner's estate in the HelveticArchives archive database of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Hermann Hiltbrunner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry in the Bibliomedia Foundation's authors' directory
- Brief portrait of Charles Linsmayer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zürcher Illustrierte, 1933: Why I live in Zurich. Retrieved October 29, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hiltbrunner, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Biel-Benken |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1961 |
| Place of death | Uerikon |