Siegfried Streicher
Siegfried Streicher (born February 19, 1893 in Basel , † September 6, 1966 in Arlesheim ) was a Swiss journalist and writer .
After attending the Altdorf College and the Disentis Abbey School, Streicher studied at the universities of Geneva and Freiburg i.Üe. In 1921 he did his doctorate with Josef Nadler at the Freiburg i.Üe. with a thesis on Carl Spitteler and Arnold Böcklin . From 1929 to 1940 he was the features editor and from 1940 to 1944 editor-in-chief of the Basler Volksblatt , the Catholic daily newspaper in Basel. From 1944 to 1963 he was the editor of the Schweizer Rundschau , which he directed “towards a literary and ecclesiastical open Catholicism in the spirit of Vatican II ”. As a writer, he wrote poems, short stories, short stories, essays and cultural-historical treatises.
Web links
- Literature by and about Siegfried Streicher in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Siegfried Streicher in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Siegfried Streicher estate at the University Library of Basel
- Siegfried Streicher in the Baselland dictionary of persons.
Individual evidence
- ^ Victor Conzemius: Siegfried Streicher. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Streicher, Siegfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1966 |
| Place of death | Arlesheim |