Jakob Hartmann

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jakob Hartmann (born May 16, 1876 in Wienacht ; † May 7, 1956 in Rehetobel ) was a chimney sweep and a Swiss folk poet . Under the pseudonym Chemifeger Bodemaa ("Kaminfeger Bodenmann") he acted as an author of books and short stories. With the play Appezeller Sennelebe he caused a sensation at the 1914 national exhibition in Bern. In 1938 he received the award from the Swiss Schiller Foundation . In his honor there are Hartmann memorial plaques in Wienacht and Heiden .

Works (selection)

stories

  • Appezeller Gschichte (1912)
  • Heimatspiegel (1930)
  • Stöck ond Stuude (1932)

Folk plays

  • Appezeller-Sennelebe. Appenzell character painting with yodelling, singing and dancing in 5 acts (1945)
  • De Jakob sött hüroote! Dialect comedy in one act (1945)
  • Please visit us! Character piece in one act (1946)
  • D'Gäässhalde. Appenzell folk piece in 4 acts (1947)

Autobiographical

  • The prelude to life. Childhood Story (1923)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Peter Eggenberger: 100 years ago Jakob Hartmann was brilliant in Bern. Tagblatt, August 7, 2014, accessed on September 6, 2014 .