Rosalie Küchler-Ming
Rosalie Küchler-Ming (born January 3, 1882 in Sarnen ; † June 24, 1946 there ) was a Swiss native writer .
Life and work
Rosalie Ming was born in 1882 as the daughter of the country doctor, politician and dialect poet Peter Anton Ming . In 1904 she married the lawyer Josef Küchler. The mother of five children first appeared in literature in 1920 with the Christmas story "The rocking horse and the little angels".
She made her breakthrough as a writer in 1923 with the dialect comedy "Dr American". But she made a name for herself primarily with her historical stories. In her Lauwis trilogy (1935–39) she dealt with various aspects of the life of Lungern in the 19th century, such as the lowering of the Lungerersee . She dealt with Brother Klaus in her book “Our Lord Gods Orgel” from 1937. Only after her death did “Brother Klaus, a life picture” appear in 1947 and “ Erni vom Melchi ” in 1948 , a “book for more mature youth”.
The folk song she wrote, “Oh mis liäbs Obwaldnerländli”, became the unofficial hymn of Obwalden .
Some of her is in a slightly antiquated Obwalden dialect, but mostly she wrote in a written language interspersed with dialect elements .
Küchler-Ming was also active as a historian. In 1936, for example, she published an article entitled “On the Discussion of the Alpine Passes” in the Schweizerische Rundschau . She was also involved in the board of the historical antiquarian society Obwalden . In 1929, her commitment to women's suffrage at the Swiss level remained without much response in her home town of Obwalden.
Publications (selection)
- Dr American. Comedy in 5 acts (dialect comedy, 1923)
- The Lauwisers and their lake. Story from the years 1831 to 1836 (1935)
- The Lauwisers and their war. Story from 1847 (1936)
- The Lauwisers and their pastor. Story from the 1850s (1939)
- Our Lord's organ. Stories from Blessed Brother Klaus (1937)
- Brother Klaus, a picture of life (1947, posthumous )
- Erni vom Melchi (1948, posthumous)
Web links
- Karin Marti-Weissenbach: Küchler [-Ming], Rosalie. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Literature by and about Rosalie Küchler-Ming in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography on the Schwander Theater website (with picture) (Accessed October 8, 2011)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zita Wirz: Rosalie Küchler-Ming . In: Obwaldner Geschichtsblätter , No. 6. Sarnen 1956. pp. 144–146
- ↑ Niklaus von Flüe : Obwalden (chapter 5.3). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Küchler-Ming, Rosalie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss native writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sarnen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1946 |
| Place of death | Sarnen |