Swiss writer (1929–2021)
Helen Meier |
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Born | 17 April 1929
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Died | 13 February 2021(2021-02-13) (aged 91)
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Nationality | Swiss |
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Occupation(s) | Writer, Schoolteacher |
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Helen Meier (17 April 1929 – 13 February 2021) was a Swiss writer.[1]
Biography
Meier attended a Lehrerseminar [de] in Rorschach and subsequently became a primary schoolteacher. After working in England, France, and Italy, she attended the University of Fribourg, subsequently working for the Swiss Red Cross and as a special education teacher in Heiden. She was discovered at the Festival of German-Language Literature, where she received a prize for her story, Lichtempfindlich.
Helen Meier died in Trogen on 13 February 2021 at the age of 91.[2]
Awards
Works
- Trockenwiese (1984)
- Das einzige Objekt in Farbe (1985)
- Das Haus am See (1987)
- Das Gelächter (1989)
- Lebenleben (1989)
- Der Thurgau und seine Menschen (1990)
- Die Suche nach dem Paradies. 36 Photographien aus dem Appenzellerland (1991)
- Nachtbuch (1992)
- Die Thur. Von der Quelle bis zur Mündung (1992)
- Die Novizin (1995)
- Letzte Warnung (1996)
- Liebe Stimme (2000)
- Adieu, Herr Landammann! Sieben Begegnungen mit Jacob Zellweger-Zuberbühler (2001)
- Schlafwandel. Eine Erzählung (2006)
- Kleine Beweise der Freundschaft (2014)
- Die Agonie des Schmetterlings. Böse Geschichten (2015)
- Übung im Torkeln entlang des Falls. Ein Lesebuch (2017)
- Der weisse Vogel, der Hut und die Prinzessin. 23 Märchen (2019)
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