Jacob Job

Jakob Job (born December 14, 1891 in Birmensdorf , Canton of Zurich ; † April 30, 1973 in Zurich ) was a Swiss travel writer, radio director and teacher . He has published numerous books on southern Europe and travel.

Life

Jakob Job was born in Birmensdorf , Canton of Zurich , in 1891 . The registry edition of the University of Zurich names the father's occupation as a smallholder and factory worker .

Job studied German and teaching at the University of Zurich. From 1914 to 1923 he worked as a secondary school teacher in Zurich. In 1923 he received his doctorate. phil. His dissertation was on " Jakob Bosshart as a narrator".

From 1923 to 1927 he was director of the Swiss school in Naples . In 1930 and 1931 he was appointed head of the Swiss Abroad plant in Berlin. From 1932 to 1956 he was director of the Zurich radio cooperative (forerunner of the Zurich radio studio belonging to the Swiss Radio DRS ). Since 1951 he was a member of the German Academy for Language and Poetry .

Job died on April 30, 1973 in Zurich.

Work (selection)

Poems from Italy, 1930, poems
Scusate, Signor ..., Stories from the South, 1932
In the service of the homeland, 1935, non-fiction book
Possibilities and limits of education through the radio, 1938, non-fiction book
Heimat in der Fremde, 1943, non-fiction book
Autumn in Paris, 1948, non-fiction book
Under the southern sky, 1948
25 years of Radio Zurich 1924-1949, 1949, non-fiction book
Wander Rest. Poems, travel and city pictures, 1952
Domes, towers and palaces. A trip to Italy, 1954
Portugal - Land of the Knights of Christ, 1956, non-fiction book
Sardinia, 1956, non-fiction book
Umbria and Tuscany, 1964. Non-fiction book
Way of the heart. A contemplative ABC, 1960
On the Mediterranean. Travel pictures, 1966

Web links

Literature by and about Jakob Job in the bibliographic database WorldCat

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personal data
SURNAME	Job, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 14, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Birmensdorf
DATE OF DEATH	April 30, 1973
Place of death	Zurich