John Friedrich Vuilleumier

Family grave, Hörnli cemetery , Riehen, Basel-Stadt

John Friedrich Vuilleumier , actually Johann Frédéric Vuilleumier , (born December 1, 1893 in Basel , † August 23, 1976 in Riehen / Canton Basel-Stadt ) was a Swiss lawyer and writer .

Life

John Frédéric Vuilleumier was the son of an industrialist from the Swiss canton of Jura ; his mother came from Basel. After attending the high school in Basel, he completed a law degree at the universities in Basel, Geneva , Berlin and Zurich . 1918 doctorate he attended the University of Basel to the doctor 's rights. Since he refused to embark on a conventional legal career, he first volunteered at a prison in Basel . In 1919 he went to the United States , where he study half a year volunteered as prisoners in the jails of Portsmouth (New Hampshire) and Auburn (New York) spent. He then crossed the United States as an adventurer to California and back to New York . Then he traveled to the Caribbean island of Trinidad , where he stayed for a few months in the primeval forests. After his return to Europe he lived in Paris from 1931 , interrupted by further trips and a stay in Switzerland during the Second World War .

John Friedrich Vuilleumier was the author of novels , short stories , plays and radio plays . While his early works are characterized by his criticism of the judiciary and his sympathy for the victims of a repressive prison system , Vuilleumier later wrote in an emphatically sensual manner on topics from the Swiss provinces, especially the Jura .

Awards

• 1960 Literature Prize of the City of Basel
• 1968 Total Works Prize from the Swiss Schiller Foundation
• 1970 Art Prize of the City of Basel

Works

• Customary crime and how to combat it , Basel 1918
• We all , Basel 1920
• In the wrong hands! , Basel 1921
• The defense , Basel 1924
• Carl Christoph's green facade , Aarau 1927
• Cantor in a kaleidoscope , Vienna 1930
• Hilli, Hildebrand and Er , Zurich a. a. 1932
• The river , Zurich 1936
• You are wrong, Mr. Public Prosecutor! , Zurich u. a. 1937
• Steven Madigan , Zurich 1941
• The house in the rain , Zurich 1942
• The thirteen lovers of Jeannette Jobert , Zurich 1943
• The guest , Basel 1946
• Irving Potter , Zurich 1946
• The vom Berg , Zurich 1947
• Nobody slept that night , Bern 1950
• Muramur or The Journey into Twilight , Bern 1951
• The star in the south , Basel 1953
• Tropical Rhapsody , Zurich 1954
• My friend Ralph Di , Zurich 1955
• Convict number 9669 , Basel 1956
• In the footsteps of Sindbad, the seafarer , Basel 1959
• Every inch a king , Frauenfeld 1960
• The hour of the line Latour , Zurich 1964
• Ursule Lion , Basel 1964
• Lincoln - Kennedy , Basel 1965
• The oval mirror , Breitenbach 1967
• The lonely , Basel 1970
• The last tunnel , Olten u. a. 1970
• Variations in minor , Basel a. a. 1975

Translations

• James Stephens : Vagabonds, Angels and Demons , Basel 1964

Web links

• Ingrid Bigler-Marshal: John Friedrich Vuilleumier. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• John Friedrich Vuilleumier's estate in the Basel University Library
• John Friedrich Vuilleumier in the Basel Literary Archive of the Basel University Library
• Vuilleumier at Linsmeyer