Peter Lehner

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Peter Lehner (born November 23, 1922 in Thun ; † December 23, 1987 in Bern ) was an avant-garde Swiss poet .

Life

Peter Lehner studied German and Romance languages ​​in Bern and Lausanne , and in 1948 he received his doctorate for a higher teaching degree. He first worked as a journalist, then from 1953 as a secondary teacher in Bern. He liked to use avant-garde stylistic devices, for example from the field of concrete poetry . He called his short stories "tales". He is often referred to as a "word acrobat". In 1971 he was one of the co-founders of the Olten Group , and its president from 1974 to 1976.

Works

Original editions

  • Red green . Poems, Eirene, St. Gallen 1955
  • Asfalt in the twilight . Verse, Niggli, Teufen 1956
  • Arterial road . Poems, Tschudy (Der Bogen, booklet 63), St.Gallen 1959
  • Bevel crane . Poems, Tschudy (Square Books 38), St.Gallen 1964
  • Suppose that at 0 o'clock 10 . Stories, Tschudy, St.Gallen 1965
  • A bit of a miss in credit . Wort Sport, Anabas, Bergen-Enkheim 1967
  • David. The big adventure of a little runaway (text on photos by Fernand Rausser ), candelabra, Bern 1968
  • Sacralities flip book . Poems and prose, Anabas, Steinbach 1971
  • WHAT is THAT . Zerzählung, Lenos (Litprint 87), Basel 1972
  • Military man's farewell . Poems, Lenos (Litprint 82), Basel 1973
  • Reader , Lenos (Litprint 74), Basel 1975
  • Beer newspaper . Materials for literature supplement No. 1–5, Lenos (Litprint 58), Basel 1979
  • Irrelevant . Prose and poems, Lenos (Litprint 41), Basel 1982

As editor or co-author

  • Ensemble. A Swiss contribution to contemporary poetry . Edited by Peter Lehner with the participation of Hans Rudolf Hilty and Andri Peer , Benteli, Bern 1958
  • Aperitif. Political aperiodic. Subject: science fiction (with Egon Ammann and Sergius Golowin ), Zürcher (Apero series 3), Gurtendorf, 1967
  • Aperitif. Political aperiodic. Topic: More or less bad stories (with Egon Ammann and Sergius Golowin), Zürcher (Apero series 4), Gurtendorf, 1968
  • Aperitif. Political aperiodic. Topic: agit-pop (with Sergius Golowin and Walter Zürcher ), Zürcher (Apero series 16), Gurtendorf, 1970

Contributions to anthologies

  • This book is free . Texts by contemporary writers. Ed. V. Theo Ruff and Peter K. Wehrli , Gratis-Verlag, Zurich, 1971
  • Good for printing . Ed. V. Dieter Fringeli , Artemis, Zurich 1972
  • Paperback by the Olten , Benziger group, Zurich / Cologne 1974
  • Switzerland today . A reading book, People and World, Berlin 1976
  • Update , Artemis, Zurich 1977
  • Counterweights , Voices, Reinach 1978
  • Flying grass , Zytglogge, Bern 1984

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personal data
SURNAME Lehner, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss poet
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Tuna
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1987
Place of death Bern