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Mix Weiss actually Emilia Iten (born July 29, 1924 in Ebikon ; † June 5, 2014 in Meride ) was a Swiss journalist and writer .
Life
Mix Weiss trained as a fashion designer. She first lived in Tremona and moved to Zurich in 1974 , where she worked as a journalist for various daily newspapers and magazines such as Femina , Annabelle and Schweizer Familie in the fashion and features section, and also wrote major reports. In 1988 she moved back to Ticino and wrote as a freelance journalist for the weekend supplement of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung . In 1992 she received the Zurich Journalism Prize . In 2000 she published her first novel.
Mix Weiss was married to the Swiss sculptor Max Weiss from 1945 to 1974 and had three children with him. Mix Weiss lived in Meride . She died there on June 5, 2014 at the age of 89.
Works
- Vabanque: Journal of an Amour fou. Bilgerverlag, Zurich 2012.
- Copper blues: the rise and fall of Emil and Else Iten. Novel. Pendo, Zurich 2000.
Web links
- Literature by and about Mix Weiss in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry about Mix Weiss in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
- Short biography and reviews of works by Mix Weiss at perlentaucher.de
- Mix Weiss , at Bilgerverlag
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Beatrice Eichmann-Leutenegger: Charm and self-will. To the death of Mix Weiss. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from June 7, 2014
- ↑ Mix white. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015: Volume I: A – O. Volume II: P-Z. Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, p. 1125, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 .
- ↑ Ulrike Hark: Mix Weiss, the late calling. In: Der Bund of June 11, 2014, p. 27.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | White, mix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ebikon |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th June 2014 |
| Place of death | Meride |