Lotty Wohlwend
Lotty Wohlwend (* 1965 in Niederuzwil ) is a Swiss writer , journalist and filmmaker .
Life
Lotty Wohlwend trained as a psychiatric nurse. In 1988 she switched to journalism. She has been working as a freelancer for various Swiss media since 1995. From 1994 she made her first film work and in 1995 founded videOst Frauenfeld , an association for Thurgau filmmakers / video artists.
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Lotty Wohlwend wrote the book Stolen Souls together with Arthur Honegger , probably the most famous Swiss contract child . This broad-based report explores the question of how contract children have coped with their lives over the past 100 years - or not. In 2004 she made the film Turi about Arthur Honegger together with Renato Müller .
Your book SOS in Dürrenäsch describes the crash of Swissair flight 306 on September 4, 1963 in Dürrenäsch . At the same time as the book, Lotty Wohlwend began shooting the film of the same name “SOS in Dürrenäsch”. Filming was suspended for two years and resumed in autumn 2011.
Books
- Stolen souls: Contract children in Switzerland with Arthur Honegger , Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld 2004. ISBN 978-3-7193-1365-4
- Silas. Hunted, battered, humiliated - a report , Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld 2006. ISBN 978-3-7193-1422-4
- SOS in Dürrenäsch - a catastrophe shakes Switzerland . Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld 2009. ISBN 978-3-7193-1504-7
Movies
- 1996: But the apples never get ripe
- 2001: Irischka - one wing flies further
- 2004: Lotty Wohlwend and Renato Müller: Turi. A film about Arthur Honegger
Awards
- 2011: Acknowledgment and support contribution from the Dürrenäsch community
Web links
- Literature by and about Lotty Wohlwend in the catalog of the German National Library
- Lotty Wohlwend's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotty Wohlwend Biography Entry on swissfilms.ch, accessed on August 14, 2012
- ^ Homepage for the film Turi
- ↑ September 4, 1963 information page on the Humlikon municipality's website, accessed on August 14, 2012
- ↑ a b Prize for Lotty Wohlwend , article in the St. Galler Tagblatt from September 6, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wohlwend, Lotty |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer, journalist and filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niederuzwil |