Katharina von Arx

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Edith Katharina Drilhon-von Arx (born April 5, 1928 in Niedergösgen ; † October 25, 2013 in Romainmôtier ) was a Swiss writer and journalist .

Katharina von Arx in 1985

biography

Von Arx was born in Niedergösgen and moved to Zurich with her family in 1933 . There she graduated from business school in 1947. From 1952 to 1953 she studied art in Vienna ; soon afterwards she went on a trip around the world, about which she described in her book Please take me with you! A hitchhiking trip around the world reported. Von Arx was married to the journalist and photographer Freddy Drilhon, with whom she had a daughter who was born in 1958. In 1959 the family acquired the priors house in Romainmôtier in the canton of Vaud , which they restored over many years and where von Arx lived until her death. The couple's estate has been in theArchive on the history of the Swiss women's movement of the Gosteli Foundation in Worblaufen .

Awards

Von Arx received the Culture Prize of the Canton of Solothurn in 1975, the Olten Prize in 1976, and received various work grants from foundations, the federal government and the canton.

Publications

  • Please take me with you! A Hitchhiker's Guide to the World (1956)
  • Nothing has cost me the world . Youth book (1957)
  • Island adventure. Forays through the islands of Australia . Youth Book (1960)
  • My island adventures. (1961)
  • My castle in the air on earth . Biographical novel (1975)
  • My castle in the air on earth . Extended new edition (1981)
  • My diary about the "castle in the air". Excerpts (1982)
  • My castle in the air in clouds: The sequel to "My castle in the air" . (1988)
  • I like to blame for my happiness: satires and stories. (1977)
  • Angels from the typewriter . (1979)
  • When he was still there . Novel (1983)

Docufiction

literature

  • Wilfried Meichtry: The world is wrong - not us. Katharina von Arx and Freddy Drilhon . Nagel and Kimche, Zurich, 2015.

Web links

Commons : Katharina von Arx  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1] , Neptunverlag
  2. ^ Takeover of the Katharina von Arx archive. 4th July 2019
  3. ↑ 3sat media library
  4. ↑ "To the end of dreams" - about wounds, compulsions and love. SRF.ch, January 28, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Arx, Katharina von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Niedergösgen
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 2013
Place of death Romainmôtier VD