Walter Obschlager
Walter Obschlager (* 1943 in Knonau ) is a Swiss German studies specialist. From 1981 to 2008 he was head of the Max Frisch Archive at the ETH Zurich .
Life
Walter Obschlager initially completed an apprenticeship as a commercial clerk. Later he studied German, history and ethnology at the University of Zurich as a second educational path. From 1981 he built up the Max Frisch Archive, which he headed until 2008. In addition, he worked as a secondary school teacher for German and history until 2000 and as a lecturer at the Department of Humanities and Political Sciences at ETH Zurich from 2001 to 2011.
Works
As an author
- On the history of the Max Frisch Archive at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. In: Librarium (Vol. 51, 2008, No. 3: 215–225)
- "If it were the powder houses of the world": Thoughts on the construction of the Letzibad by Max Frisch . Neue Zürcher Zeitung, August 6, 2011
As editor
- Switzerland as home? Trials over 50 years. Edited and with an afterword by Walter Obschlager. Frankfurt am Main 1990. ISBN 978-3518402573
- Besides, I'm always completely alone . Correspondence with his mother in 1933, reports from the ice hockey world championship in Prague, travel articles. Edited by Walter Obschlager. Frankfurt am Main 2000. ISBN 3-518-41156-X
literature
- «Max Frisch said: Yes, he should do it»: Change of Max Frisch Archive . ETH Life, July 8, 2008
- Barbara Bleisch. Against the reliquary: Walter Obschlager's legacy to the Max Frisch Archive. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, June 19, 2008
- “Frisch still offers surprises”: Walter Obschlager, Max Frisch's literary administrator. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, April 4, 2001
Individual evidence
- ^ Authors: Walter Obschlager - they hear. Retrieved July 28, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Obschlager, Walter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Germanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Knonau |