Paul König (Author)
Paul König (* 1933 in Baden AG ) is a Swiss high school teacher , writer and translator .
He grew up in Baden and studied history, German and philosophy in Basel. König taught at various middle and district schools in Switzerland. From 1973 to 1980 he sat on the Aargau Constitutional Council in the Social Democrats' group without belonging to their party.
Paul König deals with the history of churches and religions in his writings . In 1966 he published Switzerland in the Light of Historiography , his most widespread work. In 1993 he published his autobiography Portrait of a Generation: My Way to the Contemporary: Memories, Thoughts, Encounters. He also paid tribute to the right-wing conservative intellectual Gonzague de Reynold in several writings. Paul König was friends with Gonzague de Reynold.
König has been a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1998 .
In 2013, König handed over a handover with documents on literary work and correspondence from the Burgerbibliothek Bern .
Web links
- Literature by and about Paul König in the catalog of the German National Library
- “Paul König's estate” in the catalog of the Bern Burger Library
- Patrick Hirschi: Tea with Gonzague's friend: Paul König from Murten organizes literary events in Beaulieu. In: Freiburger Nachrichten , January 28, 2005 (accessed August 31, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b https://viaf.org/processed/LC%7Cno2003119944
- ↑ Literature by and about Paul König (author) in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- ↑ Cf. u. a. Gonzague de Reynold and its importance for Switzerland , in: Schweizer Monatshefte, 1960, H. 5; pdf
- ↑ Burgergemeinde Bern : Administrative Report 2013. Bern, 2014, p. 68.
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| SURNAME | King, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss high school teacher, writer and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baden AG |