Traugott Vogel

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Traugott Vogel (born February 27, 1894 in Zurich ; † January 31, 1975 there ) was a Swiss writer and educator.

life and work

Born in Zurich-Wiedikon as the son of a vegetable gardener, Traugott Vogel studied German at the universities of Zurich , Geneva and Berlin after graduating , but then attended the teaching college in Zurich and was an elementary school teacher for forty years - with vacation breaks - most recently in Zurich-Letten . Much-read youth books owed their creation to this activity , such as B. Die Spiegelknöpfler , Der Engelkrieg or Der rote Findling , but also a whole series of theater and puppet shows that made him a real pioneer of theDid school theater , which he propagated as an important educational enrichment of the lessons.

“The almost tragic pleasure in storytelling” never let go of him and so, in addition to the work with the children, an extensive work for adults was created: novels and stories , journalistic articles in newspapers and magazines, radio plays and dialect stories . Even his first work, Unsereiner , made people sit up and take notice ; there was talk of a new Swiss verism; Here someone described neither a big city nor an intact village world, but a suburban landscape of clay, gravel pits and reeds. The literary interest in this intermediate world was new. After I love, you love , the blind seer , one of the rare Swiss time novels from the twenties , followed by Anna Foor and, as the last novel, the lost simplicity , experiences and confessions of a teacher. Traugott Vogel's educational concern, which runs through his entire work, was not just a part of Swiss literature, but continued a tradition cultivated since Pestalozzi . In 1975 Vogel's last book Life and Writing was published posthumously , a review of eighty rich, lean years .

Traugott Vogel was also important as a writer friend and promoter of young authors. Many experienced his support, such as Albin Zollinger , Erika Burkart and Ludwig Hohl , for whose financial support and literary recognition he worked tirelessly. He also made a special contribution during the Second World War , when he gave energetic and decisive help to some of those persecuted by the Nazi regime who were stranded in Zurich. B. Lisa Tetzner and her husband Kurt Kläber (Kurt Held). The 77 booklets in the Der Bogen series , which Vogel published in the Tschudy Verlag in St. Gallen from 1950 to 1964 and in which a number of Swiss authors who later became known were given the first opportunity to publish, including Erika Burkart, Hans Boesch and Ernst Eggimann, were a special achievement , Klaus Merz , Jürg Schubiger and Jörg Steiner .

Awards

Works

Novels and short stories

  • Ours . Roman, 1924
  • I love, you love . Roman, 1926
  • The blind seer . Novel, 1930
  • Life in the bottom or days of pain in the heart . Roman, 1938
  • Nightshade . 2 stories, 1940
  • Anna Foor . Roman, 1944
  • The Alpinum . Story, 1949
  • To blame for happiness . Stories, 1951
  • Escape to life . Stories, 1961
  • The lost simplicity. Confessions of a Teacher . Roman, 1964

Youth literature

  • Peter Zupf . Stories, 1921
  • Open the gates! Fairy tale, 1927
  • Circus Juhu or animal man and human animal . Puppet show, 1928
  • Elastic the contortionist . 4 stories, 1933
  • Mirror button . History of a Youth Club, 1932 (Vol. 1), 1934 (Vol. 2) and 1942
  • The angel war . 1939
  • Eyebright and Speedwell . Stories, 1944
  • The red boulder . Story, 1955

dialect

  • De Baschti am a soldier . Sächs Pletter from em Gschichtebaum, 1942
  • Fatherland and mother tongue . A word on the price of dialect, 1944
  • De Läbesbaum . Gschichten us em Züripiet, 1952
  • Täilti Liebi . Gschichten from Züripiet, 1961
  • Hüt and earlier . Nöiji stories from Züripiet, 1966

theatre

  • Doctor Schlimmfürguet . It Märlistuck, 1922
  • De Schnydertraum . A fun game with a serious mind, 1939
  • Growing happiness . A festive game, 1939
  • De Tittitolgg . Es Bergstuck, 1939 (Music: Rolf Liebermann)
  • Conversation in the evening . Pestalozzi at the subsidiary in Iferten, 1946
  • A blessing day . An example of Pestalozzi, 1946
  • Ring and silver dagger . Chamber play in 5 pictures, 1957

Radio plays / radio broadcasts

  • Hallwyl's ring . Radio play, 1940
  • The guide . Radio play, 1945
  • Z'Züri uf der Wält . Reflections, 1951
  • De Baschti am a soldier . Memories of the border occupation 1939–1945, 1969

various

  • Children's theater in school . 1935
  • Regine in the garden or The Vegetable Year . Growing letters from field to field, 1941
  • Let us bloom! Encounters in the garden, 1950
  • The most beautiful mountain flowers . 1953
  • The cheerful Claudius . 1957
  • Life and writing . Eighty rich lean years, 1975

Editorships

  • Saturday eleven o'clock . Reading book, 1936
  • Schwyzer Schnabelweid . E chruzwyligi Heimedkund i Gschichten und Prichten us allne Kantön, 1938
  • The bow . A series of small poetic works, 1950–1964
  • Letters to a friend . Albin Zollinger to Traugott Vogel, 1955
  • Woodcuts . Contemporary artists, 1956

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Vogel, Traugott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1975
Place of death Zurich