Rea Brändle (1 May 1953 – 2 September 2019) was a Swiss journalist and writer.
Biography
Brändle was born on 1 May 1953 in Neu St. Johann. She grew up in upper Toggenburg. After she completed her German studies, she became a cultural editor and journalist for Tages-Anzeiger. In 1984, she contributed to the publication of the booklet Die Sprache ist kein Mann, Madame of the women's group of the Swiss Journalists Union. Later she became an independent author.[1] In 2012, she edited a biography of writer Alfred Huggenberger with historian Mario König on behalf of the government of Thurgau.[2] For several years, she wrote regularly for WOZ Die Wochenzeitung in Zürich.[3][4][5] In 2006, she contributed to WOZ as a cultural editor.
Wildfremd, hautnah. Völkerschauen und Schauplätze Zürich 1880–1960. Zürich: Rotpunkt, 1995, ISBN3-85869-120-8. 2nd edition, reworked and enlarged: Zürich, Rotpunkt, 2013, ISBN978-3-85869-561-1
with Felix Kauf and Ernst Scagnet: Die Regierung & Partner. Total verrückte Geschichte einer ganz normalen Entwicklung. Wattwil, Toggenburger, 2004, ISBN3-908166-19-5.
Ammanns Vermächtnis. Aus dem Leben des Toggenburger Instrumentenmachers Ulrich Ammann, 1766–1842. Wattwil, Toggenburger, 2010, ISBN978-3-908166-47-4.
with Mario König: Huggenberger. Die Karriere eines Schriftstellers. Frauenfeld: Verlag des Historischen Vereins des Kantons Thurgau, 2012, ISBN978-3-9522896-8-6.