Luisa Famos
Luisa Famos (born August 7, 1930 in Ramosch , † June 28, 1974 in Ramosch) was a Swiss writer who wrote in Vallader and is considered an important poet of Rhaeto-Romanic literature . Her poems first appeared in 1960 ( Mumaints ). Today they have been translated into numerous languages such as German, Italian, French, Romanian and Polish.
Life
Famos completed training as a primary school teacher in Chur . She then taught in Dischma , Vnà , Speicher , Guarda , Zurich and Dietikon . At the same time she worked for the Romansh radio and television . She hosted the very first Romansh television show, Il Balcun tort . She drew her first poems, which were published in the Chalender Ladin , with the pseudonym Flur da Riva (shore flower). Since 1963 Famos was married to Jürg Pünter. From 1969 to 1972 she lived in Honduras and Venezuela . After her return to Switzerland in 1972, she first lived in Bauen UR , then again at her place of birth, Ramosch. At the age of 44 she succumbed to cancer.
Works
Poetry
- I am the swallow of yore / eu sun la randolina d'ünsacura . Poems from the estate. Edited and with an afterword by Mevina Puorger. Preface by Iso Camartin . Romansh and German. From the Romansh by Mevina Puorger and Franz Cavigelli. Limmat Verlag, Zurich 2004/2010, ISBN 3-85791-462-9 .
- Poesias / poems . Romansh-German edition. From the Romansh by Anna Kurth and Jürg Amann. Afterword by Iso Camartin. Arche Verlag, Zurich 1995/2003, ISBN 3-7160-2190-3 .
- Inscunters. Poesias. Ediziun Jürg Pünter, Bischofberger, Chur 1974.
- Mumaints. Poesias. Ediziun da l'autura. Bischofberger, Chur 1960/1961.
prose
- L'hom sün fanestra . In: Prosa rumantscha - Prosa romontscha . Schweizer Verlagshaus, Zurich 1967, pages 9-13.
literature
- Mevina Puorger: The limit as a period. On the complete works of Luisa Famos. Dissertation. University of Zurich, 1998.
- Mevina Puorger: Luisa Famos. To the songs of the Ramoscher Schwalbe. In: Bündner Jahrbuch , 53, 2011, pp. 70–78. doi : 10.5167 / uzh-45274
Web links
- Publications by and about Luisa Famos in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Luisa Famos in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Luisa Famos at perlentaucher.de
- Works by Luisa Famos in the Swiss libraries
- Clà Riatsch: Famos, Luisa. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Article by Mevina Puorger in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on August 21, 2004, accessed on March 13, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Famos, Luisa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Corridor da Riva |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ramosch |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1974 |
| Place of death | Ramosch |