Verena Rentsch

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Verena Rentsch-Mühlethaler (1913–1987) Lyreker. Honorary grave field at the Liestal cemetery Grave sculpture Melancolia by Jakob Probst (1880–1966)
Honorary grave field, Liestal cemetery. Grave sculpture Melancolia by Jakob Probst

Verena Rentsch-Mühlethaler (born October 17, 1913 in Basel , † July 19, 1987 in Liestal ) was a Swiss poet , educator and industrial psychologist .

life and work

Verena Rentsch grew up in Bettingen and Riehen . She was the daughter of Jakob Mühlethaler von Bettingen and Langenbruck and Emma Verena Wassermann. After studying in Munich (graduation as Dr. rer. Pol.), Verena Rentsch worked as a secretary at Ciba in Basel and as a business psychologist in Schönenwerd at Bally .

In 1946 she married Otto Rentsch (1898–1985) and had three children.

Verena Rentsch wrote poetry and short stories that she published. Her poem Peace appeared, for example, in the journal of the Swiss Red Cross.

Works (selection)

  • And the moon is still growing , poems, colored woodcuts by Hanns Studer, Liestal 1967
  • Desert rose , poems, Zurich 1971
  • Hardly noticeable transitions . Stories, Zurich 1972
  • Approach of green , poems, Wiesbaden 1974
  • Put in words , poems, Schaffhausen 1977
  • Sinai ein Ur , with 14 drawings by Hansueli Holzer, Schaffhausen 1977

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peace. In: Journal of the Swiss Red Cross, January 1982 ( PDF online )
personal data
SURNAME Rentsch, Verena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mühlethaler, Verena
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss poet, educator and industrial psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1987
Place of death Liestal