Max Bolliger

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Max Bolliger (born April 23, 1929 in Schwanden , Canton Glarus ; † February 10, 2013 in Zurich ; resident in Schlossrued ) was a Swiss writer and children's book author.

Life

After his training as a teacher and a few years of teaching at village schools, he studied curative education and psychology . He then worked as a curative teacher in Luxembourg and for ten years as a special school teacher in Adliswil near Zurich .

From 1969 Bolliger was a freelance writer . He worked for Swiss television (children's program Spielhaus ) until 1994 and was a lecturer for youth literature at the cantonal primary school teacher seminar in Zurich.

In March 2013 it became known that Max Bolliger had died in February at the age of 83. At the beginning of the year he had to go to hospital for pneumonia . Most recently he lived in Weesen in the canton of St. Gallen .

Works

In literary terms, the author first appeared in the early 1950s with poems and stories for adults. He soon switched to children's and youth books.

Max Bolliger was one of the best known and most successful children's book authors in Switzerland. Two focal points can be identified in his work: on the one hand there are the short stories, which often serve as picture book texts, on the other hand the author placed particular emphasis on retelling biblical texts.

Max Bolliger published over 50 books in his life, which have been translated into 20 languages. He won all the major youth book awards.

Awards and honors

Works (selection)

  • Poems , 1953
  • Vulnerable childhood. Stories , 1957
  • The burning brother. 4 stories , 1960
  • Knirps , 1961/2016 (illustrated by Klaus Brunner)
  • The old carousel , 1962/2016 (illustrated by Klaus Brunner)
  • David. A shepherd boy becomes king (illustrated by Edith Schindler ), 1965
  • Knirps in the children's zoo , 1966/2016 (illustrated by Klaus Brunner)
  • Daniel and a People in Captivity (illustrated by Edith Schindler), 1968
  • Alois (illustrated by René Villiger ), 1968
  • Silence, increased by the snow. Poems , 1969
  • The golden apple (illustrated by Celestino Piatti ), 1970
  • The miracle flower and other stories (illustrated by Bruno Bischofberger ), 1971
  • Moses (illustrated by Edith Schindler), 1972
  • The Shepherd's Song (illustrated by Stepán Zavrel ), 1980
  • Your brother Franz. Facts and stories from the life of Francis of Assisi , 1982
  • The Christmas Jester (illustrated by Gianni De Conno ), 1982
  • Jesus. Retold from the Gospel of Luke , 1982
  • A role for Anna. 6 Christmas Stories , 1982
  • Sunday 1985
  • A star in the sky. Nikolaus von Flüe , 2000
  • Little luck and wild world (illustrated by Klaus Ensikat ), 2000
  • The story of the wise Nathan. Retold , 2009
  • The story of the wise Nathan. Retold , 2009

Translations

  • Renard & Renard (illustrated by Klaus Einsikat); La Joie de lire, Geneva 2002.

literature

  • Ursula Meier-Hirschi : Max Bolliger - the poet who writes for children. In: Youth Literature. Cham 1994, 2, pp. 16-18.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Children's book author Max Bolliger is dead. In: Börsenblatt. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b c d e children's book author Max Bolliger from Weesen has died. In: Southeastern Switzerland . 11th March 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Bolliger, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer and children's book author
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwanden GL
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 2013
Place of death Zurich