Ursula von Wiese

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Ursula von Wiese (born April 21, 1905 in Berlin ; † May 1, 2002 in Zurich ; actually Ursula Renate von Wiese and Kaiserswaldau , after the marriage of Ursula Guggenheim-von Wiese ) was a Swiss actress , publisher , translator and writer of German origin. She also published under the pseudonyms Renate Welling and Sibylle Hilton .

As the daughter of the sociologist Leopold von Wiese and Kaiserswaldau and the painter Hanna von Gersdorff - Elisabeth von Plotho , whom she admired was a great aunt on her mother's side - she was German; through her marriage in 1931 to the playwright Werner Johannes Guggenheim , she gained Swiss citizenship and from then on lived continuously in Switzerland. Since 1951 she has also spent several weeks on Ibiza every year .

She also worked as an actress, where she also appeared in some films , for example in Romeo and Juliet in the village (1941) and in Jack the Ripper - The prostitute of London (1976).

Works

Prose works

  • Nine in Ascona . Roman (with WJ Guggenheim). Orell Füssli, Zurich 1933
  • The leap of death . Detective novel (as "Renate Welling"). Müller, Rüschlikon / Zurich 1943
  • ... said my friend Ernestine . Glosses. Bergh, Unterägeri 1979
  • Star hour book . 12 ribbons (for the 12 signs of the zodiac ). Amboss, St. Gallen 1982
  • Bird phoenix. Stations of my life . Klio, Bern 1994, ISBN 3-906635-02-3
  • The man in the moon . Novella / The Tensa . Utopian tale (two books in one volume). Klio, Bern 1998, ISBN 3-906635-03-1
  • Everything has already been there. Collected small works . With an afterword by Charles Linsmayer . Nimrod, Zurich 2000
  • Tabasco as well as other amusing and educational stories . With a foreword by the poet Ariane Braml . Nimrod, Zurich 2001

Books for children and young readers

  • The three outliers . Fairy tale. Müller, Zurich 1940
  • The story of the Zoccoli . Fairy tale. Müller, Zurich 1941; SJW , Zurich 1976
  • Michel and the elephant . Narrative. Müller, Zurich 1942
  • Mineli and Stineli and the magic violin . Fairy tale. Reuss, Lucerne 1943
  • Jörgen in the jungle . Narrative. Müller, Zurich 1943
  • Foolish girl . Novel. Falken, Zurich 1944
  • The story of the sunflower who preferred to be a moonflower . Fairy tale. SJW, Zurich 1962
  • Andrew and the dolphin . Narrative. SJW, Zurich 1969
  • Peter wants a dog . Narrative. SJW, Zurich 1972
  • The old dollhouse . Fairy tale. SJW, Zurich 1979
  • The stolen sun . Youth novel (with Irmalotte Masson). Swiss authors' publishing house, Schaffhausen 1981
  • The fairy tale of the blushing paper and other stories . Collected fairy tales. Lentz, Munich 1985

Non-fiction

  • Sex appeal and eroticism. Small breviary for true love culture (as "Sibylle Hilton"). Müller, Zurich 1948
  • The little book about jewelry . Sanssouci, Zurich 1961
  • Ascona - Monte Verità . In search of paradise (= revision of Robert Landmann's work ). Benziger, Zurich 1973; Huber, Frauenfeld 2000, ISBN 3-7193-1219-4
  • The Levi Strauss Saga. The fairytale story of the man who invented jeans (with Irmalotte Masson). Kindler, Munich 1978
  • We're slim, thank god . Swiss publishing house, Zurich 1981
  • Small primer for good German (with drawings by Scapa ). Benteli, Bern 1984
  • Slim instead of sick (with Dr. Frédéric Belser). Fachverlag, Zurich 1989
  • German in the pillory. Words taken literally . Comenius, Hitzkirch 1999

Cookbooks

  • Narrow-mindedness. A cookbook for grill and fireplace with 100 recipes from all over the world . Sanssouci, Zurich 1960
  • The hangover prevented. A cookbook for non-alcoholic beverages with over 100 recipes and tables on the calorie and vitamin content of fruits and juices . Sanssouci, Zurich 1962
  • Each one lays an egg quickly ... 100 recipes for egg dishes and roast chicken . Sanssouci, Zurich 1962
  • Leftovers are the best. Over 100 recipes for using leftovers . Sanssouci, Zurich 1963
  • Since we have the mess! 100 salad recipes with a spice customer . Sanssouci, Zurich 1963
  • Everything from fruit. Over 100 recipes for hot and cold dishes . Sanssouci, Zurich 1964
  • With fish at the table. Over 80 fish recipes . Sanssouci, Zurich 1965
  • Well seasoned is half cooked. A cookbook with 70 recipes . Sanssouci, Zurich 1966
  • The everlasting soup pot. A cookbook with over 100 recipes . Sanssouci, Zurich 1967
  • Cheers to the cheese. 50 cheese recipes with a calorie table and poetic praise by Jeremias Gotthelf , Willem Elsschot and Werner Bergengruen . Sanssouci, Zurich 1968

As editor

  • Oscar Wilde : Aphorisms . Scherz, Bern 1943
  • The most beautiful love letters . Scherz, Bern 1945
  • English Christmas . Arche, Zurich 1967
  • Christmas of the New World . Arche, Zurich 1969

Translations

Ursula von Wiese has translated over 300 works from English, Danish and French, for example by Hans Christian Andersen , Louis Bromfield , Agatha Christie , A. J. Cronin , Pierre Daninos , Winston Graham , Ben Hecht , Jens Peter Jacobsen , Doris Lessing , Ella Maillart , Mary Shelley or Donald E. Westlake .

Theatrical performances

  • The magic violin (with WJ Guggenheim). Premiere: Basel 1944

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Wiese, Ursula von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wiese and Kaiserswaldau, Ursula Renate von (maiden name); Guggenheim-von Wiese, Ursula; Welling, Renate (pseudonym); Hilton, Sibylle (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss actress, editor, translator and writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 2002
Place of death Zurich