Joseph Yerly
Joseph Yerly (born June 17, 1896 in Treyvaux , Canton of Friborg ; † May 23, 1961 ) was a Swiss writer in the Friborg dialect of the Franco-Provencal language .
Life
Joseph Yerly was the son of Victor Yerly and Marie Yerly b. Gaillard. He lived as a farmer in the Freiburg municipality of Treyvaux and was married to Marie Peiry. He represented the Free Democratic Party in the Freiburg Grand Council .
Yerly wrote short stories , novels and plays in the Franco-Provencal patois. Treyvaux was one of the well-known venues of the Patois theater in the interwar period.
In 1939 Yerly was elected President of the newly founded Freiburg Trachtenvereinigung. He was a member of the Freiburg Writers 'Association and the Swiss Writers' Association .
His stage work Kan la têra tsantè was set to music by the Freiburg composer Georges Aeby .
Works
- Kan la têra tsantè. 1938.
- Le tsandèlê dè loton. 1937.
- La voudâja de la Bôma.
- Homage to the Abbé Bovet .
- Ou pi de la krâ.
- La méjon ke pliàrè. 1941.
- Kolin di dzanlyè.
- Le chèrvechyâ.
- La bénichon.
- Lè botè.
- La voix fribourgeoise, boun'an en Gruyère.
literature
- Anne Dafflon: Joseph Yerly. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Anne Dafflon: Tradition populaire et fragments d'histoire (s). Joseph Yerly (1896–1961), écrivain patoisant. In: Annales fribourgeoises . 73, 2011, pp. 127-134.
- François-Xavier Brodard: Joseph Yerly, patoisant. In: Le nouveau conteur vaudois et romand . 88, 1961, p. 172.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Yerly, Joseph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss author |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1896 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Treyvaux |
DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1961 |
Place of death | Treyvaux |