Walter Adrian

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Walter P. Adrian (born October 14, 1897 in Bern ; † 1963 ) was a Swiss writer , art critic and journalist .

life and work

Walter Adrian grew up in Bern and studied at the universities of Bern, Zurich and Rome after graduating from high school . During his student days, Adrian often stayed in Italy and wrote his first short stories and travel novels .

Adrian received his doctorate in New German, German and art history, wrote his dissertation on Carl Spitteler in 1922 and then worked as a freelance journalist, especially as an art critic for the newspaper Der Bund . His beginning literary and journalistic work was under the aegis of the features editor Hugo Marti . Adrian was also responsible for the A. Francke Verlag in Bern as editor and propagandist.

Further trips followed to Morocco , Algiers , the Sahara , Central Europe and the north. To do this, he undertook a hike from Rome to Naples through the ancient Via Appia .

Adrian was a member of the Berne Writers' Association (BSV) and received the Swiss Schiller Prize in 1942 and 1957 and the City of Bern Prize for Literature in 1948 and 1957 . Some of his works were youth oriented.

Works

  • The mythology in Carl Spitteler's Olympic Spring. P. Haupt, Bern 1922. (Dissertation, digitized version ).
  • Georg Küffer: Hymns. In: Wissen und Leben , Vol. 25, Issue 7, 1922–1923, pp. 247–248. ( Digitized version ).
  • In the ripening period. In: Wissen und Leben , Vol. 26, Issue 2, 1923–1924, pp. 90–100. ( Digitized version ).
  • The eternal journey to earth. Chr. Kaiser, Munich 1931. ( Munich amateur plays ; 60).
  • Rudolf von Travel - a poet of old Switzerland . In: Neue Schweizer Rundschau , Vol. 2, Issue 7, 1934–1935, pp. 432–436. ( Digitized version ).
  • On the volcano of Italy. In: Die Berner Woche , Vol. 29, Issue 12, 1939, pp. 314-315. ( Digitized version ).
  • Fighters on rock and sand. An African adventure. Told from real life for the youth. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1941.
  • Au soleil d'Allah. Adaptation française d'Henri Bonifas. Editions Spes, Lausanne 1942.
  • Peaceful Africa. Feuz, Bern [1940].
  • Artos, the Tigurine. A story from the early days of Switzerland. A. Francke AG, Bern 1947.
  • The way to Bibrakte. Francke, Bern 1955.
  • To some pictures by Willi Meister. In: Architektur und Kunst , Vol. 29, Issue 6, 1955, pp. 193–196. ( Digitized version ).
  • In the land of the sun of Allah. A Moroccan Adventure. Sauerländer, Aarau / Frankfurt am Main 1957.
  • Palm tree and minaret. Forays through southern Spain and Morocco. Good writings, Bern 1958.
  • The city on the Feuerberg. A story from ancient Pompeii. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1960.

literature

  • Short biography in: Swiss contemporary writers. Ecrivains suisses. Scrittori Svizzeri. Scriptuors Svizzers. Francke, Bern 1962, p. 13.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait photography, in: Carl Ludwig Lang: 125 years Francke Verlag Bern. Founded in 1831 as a Dalp'sche bookstore. Commemorative publication for the 125th anniversary. Francke, Bern 1957, p. 15. In it also Walter Adrian's part of school books in the complete publisher's directory .
  2. ↑ Prices and benefits (alphabetical). In: schillerstiftung.ch. Swiss Schiller Foundation, accessed on June 13, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Verena Rutschmann: Progress and Freedom. National virtues in historical books for young people since 1880. Chronos Verlag, Zurich 1994.
personal data
SURNAME Adrian, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adrian, Walter P.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer, art critic and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH 1963