Max Morell
Max Morell (born May 3, 1916 in Arbon as Max Reck ; † August 6, 1994 in Winterthur ) was a Swiss writer , primarily of detective novels. He wrote until he was thirty, mostly using the pseudonym Max Morell . Also because he wanted to get married, he took his pseudonym as his real name in 1946. He married Anita, geb. Balzer, in July 1948 and had a daughter with her in 1960.
Life
Max Morell (at that time still Max "Reck") began an apprenticeship as a legal agent with a lawyer, but then became a businessman. He later studied in Paris. After returning to Switzerland, he worked as an assistant and advertising consultant for a naturopath. From 1939 he became a soldier and worked as an advertising copywriter and advertising consultant on home leave. That year he published his first detective novel ( The Phantom of London ) , still as Fred Morell . After the war he became a journalist, then an editor - only to return to writing. It was not until the 1970s that he became an editor again at Verlag Meier, Schaffhausen .
plant
The character of the detective Paul Vanel runs through all of his crime novels. Vanel was a Swiss master detective with an eventful past who bore the autobiographical traits of the author. The cases took place not only in Switzerland, but all over the world - even in remote parts like Mauritius . In the later books, Vanel evolved and ultimately headed an international investigation agency in Hong Kong . With his last book Finale in Bangkok , the author also ends the story of his detective.
Max Morell wrote a total of 21 books and 15 notebooks . The magazine novel series Chez Morell was also about his detective. In the series, however, some of the science fiction booklets appeared - a genre that is completely absent from his books.
Literature on Max Morell
- Robert Weideli: Max Morell (1916–1994) - A Swiss crime writer , Horgen 2010, Verlag RW.
Web links
- Publications by and about Max Morell in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Max Morell's estate in the HelveticArchives archive database of the Swiss National Library
- Max Morell (Biographical Notes)
Individual evidence
- ^ Max Morell , inventory of his estate in the Swiss Literary Archives, last accessed on November 3, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morell, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reck, Max (maiden name); Morell, Fred (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writers, especially of crime novels |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arbon |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1994 |
| Place of death | Winterthur |