Ursula Eggli

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Ursula Eggli (born November 16, 1944 in Dachsen ; † May 2, 2008 in Bern ) was a Swiss writer and activist of the disability movement .

Life

Ursula Eggli suffered from muscle atrophy and was therefore dependent on wheelchairs and similar aids from childhood.

In 1977 Eggli's first book was published with the title Herz im Korsett , which had an unexpected success throughout the German-speaking region (it was also published in a Polish translation in 2002). In the autobiographical diary, love and sexuality in disabled people - often viewed as asexual beings - were publicly discussed for the first time. Ursula Eggli spoke openly about her feelings and sensations as a woman who wanted to live her sexuality and who came up against narrow limits, thus providing impetus for discussion and rethinking in society. Heart in a corset is still seen by many as a milestone in the history of the disabled and women's movement . She published other books - most of them self-published - as well as numerous articles in magazines and anthologies . However, she could not build on the success of her first book.

Ursula Eggli was very active within the disability movement: for example, she took part in demonstrations, gave lectures, gave courses or wrote articles for magazines for the disabled. With Puls she founded her own “newspaper by and for the disabled and non-disabled”.

In addition, Eggli discovered her lesbian inclination and subsequently became involved in the lesbian and gay movement . The multiple award-winning documentary Disabled Love (shown for the first time at the Solothurn Film Festival in 1979), in which Eggli played a major role, had the sexuality of disabled people as its theme.

Award

1985 Eggli was awarded the Prize of the city of Bern.

Works

Books

  • Heart in the corset. Diary of a disabled person . Zytglogge Verlag , Gümligen 1977; 12. A. ibid. 2001, ISBN 3-7296-0351-5
  • Freakland. A hanging book . St. Arbogast-Verlag, Muttenz 1979
    • Extended new edition as: Freak stories for children and adults . Riurs (self-published), Bern 1983
  • It chind. It is exceptional Vienna law game for critically igschtellti Jugendlichi (with Adolf Winiger). St. Arbogast Muttenz 1980
  • Progress in Grimmsland. A fairy tale for girls and women . Riurs, Bern 1982
  • The flower witch and the blue smoke. A modern fairy tale . Riurs, Bern 1984
  • The tenderness of the Sunday roast. Stories of a Family (with Christoph and Daniel Eggli). Zytglogge, Gümligen 1986, ISBN 3-7296-0230-6
  • Collective junk and wheelchair wheels . Children's novel (with Hagen Stieper). Zytglogge, Gümligen 1987
  • Fairy tales and stories about stories . Riurs, Bern 1988
  • Kassandra calls . Bund columns. Riurs, Bern 1989
  • Jürg von Spreitenbach . Novel. Edition Erpf, Münchwilen 1993
  • Ralph and Luc in Freakland. Where being disabled is normal (with Rolf Imbach). Association of Cerebral Switzerland, Solothurn 1998, ISBN 3-9521126-2-3
  • Elen ear. 31 elephant stories . Riurs, Bern 2001
  • The year of the flat share with Samuel or: Merry Christmas . Association for Culture and Help in Life Bitterfeld, Friedersdorf 2000
  • Hello from the bell jar. Letters across borders (with Pia Schmidt). AG-SPAK books, Neu-Ulm 2004, ISBN 3-930830-47-7
  • Snow white really cool or stressing frogs . Riurs, Bern 2004

Plays

  • Heart in the corset
  • The child , arr. v. Adolf Winiger. WP: St. Arbogast
  • Lyrics for the youth musical Rock'n Tell , 1991

Radio plays

  • D'Anita chunnt (with Beat Weber)
  • S Lichemahl (with Jakob Gillmann and Peter Fahr )
  • The Adventures of Elenor . 30 short radio plays in the “Chinderclub”. Swiss radio DRS 1992/93

Movie

  • Disabled love (actress, collaboration on the exposé). Director: Marlies Graf. 16mm, 4: 3, 120 min., Zurich 1979
  • Tightrope walker (actress). Documentary by Annette Palzer, Tula Roy and Christoph Wirsing. Zurich 2006

Web links

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  1. ↑ See in: WeiberZeit No. 6 (January 2005), p. 8f
personal data
SURNAME Eggli, Ursula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer and activist in various social movements
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Badgers
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 2008
Place of death Bern