Katharina Zimmermann
Katharina Zimmermann (born October 28, 1933 in Bern ) is a Swiss writer .
Life
Katharina Zimmermann grew up in Bern. After finishing secondary school , she attended the Marzili municipal teacher training college . She then studied at the Detmold University of Music . After marrying pastor Christoph Zimmermann, she lived with her family from 1964 to 1979 - with four of her own and five Indonesian children - in the Indonesian southern part of the island of Borneo , where she worked as an editor for Radio Kalimantan and a women's magazine. She has lived in Bern again since 1980.
She first published a number of children's books, then since 1987 mainly adult literature, published by Zytglogge Verlag . The book And sing you a song is dedicated to her deceased husband. In the novel Der Amisbühl , published in 2012, she tells the story of her grandparents' former hotel of the same name in Beatenberg . Her work Umbruch. There are autobiographical traits from my life .
Zimmermann's "estate" is in the Bern Burger Library .
Awards
- Swiss Youth Book Prize 1983 for Damek
- Book Prize of the City of Bern 1987 and 1998
- Work grants from the City of Bern, the Canton of Bern and Pro Helvetia 1993
Works
prose
- Hibiscus . Novel. Zytglogge, Gümligen 1984, ISBN 3-7296-0196-2
- With the eyes of the nomad. A winter story . Zytglogge, Gümligen 1986; 3. A. ibid. 1993, ISBN 3-7296-0467-8
- The castle. An Anabaptist novel . Zytglogge, Gümligen 1989, ISBN 3-7296-0321-3
- Mrs. Zu . Zytglogge, Gümligen 1992, ISBN 3-7296-0438-4
- Blue wall. Approximations . Zytglogge, Gümligen 1995, ISBN 3-7296-0500-3
- Indonesian album sheets. Memories . Zytglogge, Gümligen 1997, ISBN 3-7296-0550-X
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No turning back for Sophie W. History of an emigration . Zytglogge, Gümligen 2000, ISBN 3-7296-0598-4
- as paperback: Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2003, ISBN 3-404-14908-4
- The joy child . Novel. Zytglogge, Gümligen 2003, ISBN 3-7296-0647-6
- And you sing a song . Zytglogge, Oberhofen am Thunersee 2005, ISBN 3-7296-0694-8
- The Carmen vom Weissenstein . Novel. Zytglogge, Oberhofen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7296-0751-4
- The Amisbühl . Novel. Zytglogge, Oberhofen 2012, ISBN 978-3-7296-0841-2
- Upheavals. Out of my life. Zytglogge, Oberhofen 2015, ISBN 978-3-7296-0892-4
Children's books
- Mande lets the mask dance. A childhood on the island of Bali . Verlag der Ev.-Luth. Mission, Erlangen 1981
- Damek. A story from Kalimantan . Blaukreuz-Verlag, Bern 1982
- Murni. A Dayak girl dares the flight . Blaukreuz-Verlag, Bern 1983
- Luh'Tu, little dancer. A childhood in Bali . Verlag der Ev.-Luth. Mission, Erlangen 1984, ISBN 3-87214-151-1
- Damek moves out . Blaukreuz-Verlag, Bern 1987
- Mande wants to hit the drum . Verlag der Ev.-Luth. Mission, Erlangen 1987, ISBN 3-87214-219-4
Web links
- Publications by and about Katharina Zimmermann in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Katharina Zimmermann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry in the Bibliomedia Foundation's authors' directory
- Entry about Katharina Zimmermann in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
- Portrait of the Zytglogge publishing house
- Your little luck lies in Beatenberg's review of Der Amisbühl , Berner Zeitung of March 8, 2012
- Katharina Zimmermann in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alexander Sury: Blooming Garden of Memory. It's not an autobiography, it would be much thicker: The 81-year-old Bernese writer Katharina Zimmermann tells miniatures from her life in her new book Umbruch. It is her last book, she says. Maybe. Der kleine Bund Page 25, March 18, 2015
- ↑ Katharina Zimmermann in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Zimmermann, Katharina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |