Oscar Peer

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Oscar Peer (born April 23, 1928 in Lavin in the Lower Engadine , † December 22, 2013 in Chur ) was a Swiss writer and philologist in Romansh .

His works, mostly written independently of each other in two languages Vallader and German , range between epic in the form of novels , novels and drama . His Ladin -German dictionary is linguistically significant .

Life

Peer grew up in a farming family. His mother Silva Peer-Wieser was friends with Tina Truog-Saluz . After breaking off an apprenticeship as a machinist , he attended the teachers' seminar in Chur . After graduating, Peer worked as a primary school teacher in Tschierv and Felsberg . This is followed by the study of closed German and Romance languages at the University of Zurich and at the Sorbonne in which he with the promotion of Dr. phil. with the subject: Gian Fontana , writer graduated in the Surselva . Then Peer worked as a secondary school teacher in Winterthur and finally as a lecturer at the Chur teachers' seminar.

His first published story, "Eine Hochzeit im Winter", appeared in 1972, the next in Vallader in 1978 was the story "Accord", which was made into a film in 1985. Sometimes Peer wrote in German, sometimes in Vallader, and the books often came out later in two languages, although they were by no means mere translations from one language into the other. Rather, both language versions contained their own nuances and not insignificant deviations.

His brother Andri Peer was also a writer.

Works (selection)

  • Dicziunari ladin-tudais-ch. Chur 1962.
  • A winter wedding. Story, Zurich 1972.
  • Accord. Raquint. Lavin 1978; bilingual under the title Akkord / Il retuorn. Limmat Verlag , Zurich 2005.
  • Viadi sur cunfin. Novel. Zernez 1981.
  • Gardens over the stream. Stories. Zurich 1983.
  • Border station. Novel. Zurich 1984.
  • Novas d'inviern. Novel. Zernez 1988.
  • La rumur dal flüm. Zernez 1999 / in German The murmur of the river. Memoirs. 2007.
  • In chercha dal figl. Zernez 2005.
  • Eva and Anton. Eva ed il sonch Antoni . Romansh and German. Edited and with an afterword by Mevina Puorger Pestalozzi. Limmat, Zurich 2013.
  • Hannes. Limmat, Zurich 2015.

Awards

Web links

Single receipts

  1. ^ Roman Bucheli: On the death of the writer Oscar Peer. The human artist. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of December 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ Manfred Koch : The crooked murderer. Review in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , March 31, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Peer, Oscar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer and philologist in Romansh
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Lavin
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 2013
Place of death Chur