Lisa Wenger

Lisa Wenger ( born January 23, 1858 in Bern, † October 17, 1941 in Carona / Ticino) was a Swiss artist, children's book author and painter.

Life

Lisa Wenger was formed in Paris, Florence and Dusseldorf as a painter and then resulted in Basel a school for porcelain painting. 1890 she married the manufacturer Theo Wenger, moved to Delémont, which was then still part of the Bernese Jura, and began to write. With her ​​novels and short stories, she was soon one of the most widely read authors Swiss.

One of her famous children's books was Joggeli söll ga Birli shake. Her daughter Ruth Wenger was a short time with Hermann Hesse married and her granddaughter Meret Oppenheim was also a well known artist. A grandson of the marriage of their daughter with the UFA - actor Erich Haussmann, the theater and film actor Ezard Haussmann was successfully worked on stage and in front of television cameras. His son, Leander Haussmann is a well known director.

Works (selection)

  • Joggeli söll ga Bierli shake, 1908
  • Amoral fables, 1920
  • Tree without leaves, 1938
  • The characters. A drama in three acts, 1914
  • The garden. Tales from Ticino, 1924
  • The bird in the cage. Novel, 1922
  • The Waldfrevler, 1919
  • The Altweibermühle. Ten tales wife, 1921
  • The three clever men of Au. Cousin Jeremiah and the sisters Tanzeysen. Short stories, 1919
  • The Longway and their marriages. Novel, 1930
  • The Wunderdoktorin. Novel, 1910
  • A homecoming
  • Elizabeth seeks God, 1941
  • He and you and Paradise, 1918
  • It Schwärs waiting. One-act plays, 1930
  • Hans -Peter Ochsner. Roman, 1955
  • Light and shadow in San Marto. Novel, 1940
  • Oh, how wicked, oh nit so bad: the story of the Mannli and from Fraueli, 1946
  • S Bookmark: a play in three acts, 1916
  • Ellen's wedding, 1939
  • Four young musicians adventure. Drawings by Fritz Deringer. Swiss youth written work in 1940, SJW Magazine No. 88
  • What taught me life: thoughts and experiences, 1927
  • As the forest was silent, 1907
  • But, but Kristinli. Swiss youth written work in 1935, SJW Magazine No. 48, anniversary edition reprint 2006 with illustrations by Meret Oppenheim, ISBN 3-7269-0520-0
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