Monique Saint-Helier
Monique Saint-Hélier was the pseudonym of Berthe Eimann-Briod (born September 2, 1895 in La Chaux-de-Fonds , † March 9, 1955 in Pacy-sur-Eure , France ), a Swiss writer. From 1917 she was married to the Swiss translator and teacher Blaise Briod (1896–1981), and both converted to Catholicism together .
Appreciation
She found a new, bold tone in the 1930s, which was widely recognized in the literature of French-speaking Switzerland and is considered to be one of the pioneers of feminist literary works in Switzerland.
Works
- Dream cage. (Original: La Cage aux rêves . Paris, R.-A. Corrêa, 1932). German by Hedi Wyss . Huber, Frauenfeld 1990.
- Rotten wood. (Original: Bois-Mort . Paris, Grasset, 1934). German by Rudolf Jakob Humm . Suhrkamp, Frankfurt / Main 1987 (1952)
Web links
- Literature by and about Monique Saint-Hélier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Monique Saint-Helier. In: FemBio. Women's biography research (with references and citations).
- Doris Jakubec: Saint-Helier, Monique. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saint-Helier, Monique |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eimann-Briod, Berthe (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1955 |
| Place of death | Pacy-sur-Eure |