Lisa Wenger

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Lisa Wenger (born January 23, 1858 in Bern , † October 17, 1941 in Carona / Ticino ) was a Swiss artist , writer , children's book author and painter .

Life

Lisa Ruutz was the daughter of the cloth merchant Heinrich Ruutz and his wife Elise, née Haller. She took painting lessons from Hans Sandreuter in Basel and then studied art in Paris , Florence and at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . From 1881 she ran a studio school for porcelain painting in Basel . In 1890 she married the factory owner Théo Wenger , moved to Courtételle ( Delémont ), which at that time still belonged to the Bernese Jura , and began to write.

Her first stories appeared as serial series in newspapers, among others in the " Swiss Women's Calendar " published by Clara Büttiker . With her imaginative novels and stories from everyday life, she became one of the most widely read Swiss authors of the 1930s. One of her well-known children's books was Joggeli söll ga Birli schüttle , which was set to music by Franz Tischhauser (composer) under the title Die Hampeloper and premiered in Zurich in 1986. She also wrote fairy tales and plays.

Her daughter Ruth Wenger was briefly married to Hermann Hesse and her granddaughter Meret Oppenheim also became a well-known artist. Another grandson from her daughter's marriage to UFA actor Erich Haußmann , theater and film actor Ezard Haußmann , was successful on stage and in front of television cameras. His son Leander Haussmann is a well-known director.

Works (selection)

  • The blue storybook . 1905
  • How the forest grew silent . Animal stories. 1906
  • Joggeli söll ga Birli schüttle , 1908
  • Exams . Novel. 1908
  • The miracle doctor . Novel. 1909
  • The fight for the pulpit . Story 1911
  • Amoral Fables , 1920
  • Tree without leaves , 1938
  • The sign. A play in three acts , 1914
  • The garden. Stories from Ticino , 1924
  • The bird in the cage . Roman, 1922
  • The Forest Frevler , 1919
  • The Altweibermühle. Ten women's tales , 1921
  • The three clever men from Au. Cousin Jeremias and the Tanzeysen sisters. Novellas, 1919
  • The Longway and their marriages. Novel, 1930
  • The miracle doctor . Novel, 1910
  • A homecoming
  • Elisabeth seeks God , 1941
  • He and She and Paradise , 1918
  • It's black waiting. One-act play, 1930
  • Hans-Peter Ochsner. Roman, 1955
  • Light and shadow in San Marto . Roman, 1940
  • Oh how bad, oh not so bad: the story of Mannli and Fraueli , 1946
  • s drawing: a play in three acts , 1916
  • Verena's wedding , 1939
  • Four young musicians experience adventures . Drawings by Fritz Deringer. Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk 1940, SJW issue no.88
  • What Life Taught Me: Thoughts and Experiences , 1927
  • How the forest fell silent , 1907
  • But, but Kristinli . Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk 1935, SJW booklet No. 48, jubilee edition reprint 2006 with illustrations by Meret Oppenheim , ISBN 3-7269-0520-0

literature

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Individual notes

  1. ↑ Kaspar Flückiger: History of the Joggeli söll go Birli Schüttle. Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
  2. ↑ The woman in Switzerland, 1934: Three amoral fables. Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Lisa Wenger: Lisa Wenger's Verena's wedding is filmed. Retrieved January 3, 2020 .


personal data
SURNAME Wenger, Lisa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ruutz, Lisa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist, children's book author and painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH October 17, 1941
Place of death Carona TI