Margaretha Schwab-Plüss
Margaretha Schwab-Plüss (also: Margarethe Schwab-Plüss , Margrit Schwab-Plüss ; * August 22, 1881 as Margaretha Plüss in Mülhausen , Alsace ; † September 11, 1967 in Sissach , Baselland ) was a Swiss writer .
Life
Margaretha Schwab-Plüss was the daughter of a Swiss pharmacist . She grew up in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. After graduating as a teacher in Basel , she studied German and art history at the Universities of Basel and Bern . In 1908 she received her doctorate from the University of Bern with a thesis on the writer Heinrich Leuthold . In the same year she married the doctor Theodor Schwab and from then on lived as a freelance writer in Sissach. In addition to her work as a writer, she also worked for the Basler Nachrichten .
Margaretha Schwab-Plüss was the author of novels , short stories , children's books and poems ; she wrote both in High German and in Basel German dialect .
Works
- Leuthold's poetry and its models , Bern 1908 (under the name Margaretha Plüss)
- Luschtigs and Truurigs , Bern 1908 (under the name Margaretha Plüss)
- With the little ones , Liestal 1918
- From a Swiss diary , Zurich 1920
- Youth Land , Bern 1922
- Zum Baselstab , Basel 1923
- Baselbieter-Lüt , Zurich 1925 (together with Elisabeth Thommen and Traugott Meyer )
- Liebi Fründ us Hof und Stall , Basel 1927
- Deheim and Dusse , Liestal 1928
- People without a home , Basel 1933
- The brothers , Basel 1942
- The good deed , Basel 1942
- Ursli, the car madman , Basel 1943
- Hansi, the little shepherd , Stuttgart 1952
- The four sisters from Villata , Basel 1952
- Forgiveness , Bern 1955
- Angelo looks for a job , Stuttgart 1956
- Joggeli , Basel 1956
- Martin's victim , Basel 1956
Web links
- Literature by and about Margaretha Schwab-Plüss in the catalog of the German National Library
- Margaretha Schwab-Plüss in the personal dictionary of the canton of Basel-Landschaft
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SURNAME | Schwab-Plüss, Margaretha |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schwab-Plüss, Margarethe; Schwab-Plüss, Margrit; Plüss, Margaretha (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1881 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mulhouse |
DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 1967 |
Place of death | Sissach |