Silja Walter

Silja Walter, religious name Sr. M. Hedwig OSB (* Cécile Walter on April 23, 1919 in Rickenbach bei Olten, † 31 January 2011 at driving monastery) was a Swiss Benedictine nun and writer.

Life

Silja Walter was the second of eight daughters of the publisher, author and National Otto Walter. The only brother was the writer Otto F. Walter. From 1933 to 1938 she attended the workshop for teachers Bernarda in Menzingen. The subsequent study of literature at the University of Freiburg and later at the University of Basel, she had to cancel for health reasons. In 1944 she published her first poems.

In 1948 she became a nun driving. On October 11, 1949, she made ​​her first vows and received the religious name Sister Maria Hedwig. Silja Walter has published over 60 works. In addition to numerous lyrical works she also wrote mystery plays and plays. In Paulusverlag a complete edition of her writings and her autobiography was published, the three colored sea. She died at the age of 91 years in the driving monastery. My archives are located at the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern.

Awards

Silja Walter's work has won several awards with prizes, such as the literary prize and Culture Prize of the City of Zurich, twice (1956 and 1992 ) the total -factory price of Swiss Schiller Foundation and the art prize of the canton of Solothurn. She was made ​​an honorary citizen of Rickenbach, Würenlos and Mümliswil -Ramiswil.

Works

Single (selection)

  • Poems. Ark, Zurich 1950 New, expanded edition as Collected Poems: ark, Zurich 1972
  • Re: Paul Verlag, Fribourg 1996, ISBN 3-7228-0395-0
  • Revision as: Jan idiot. Paulusverlag, Fribourg, 1990, ISBN 3-7228-0242-3
  • Revision: The call from the garden. Paulusverlag, Fribourg 1995

Selected poems

  • In The Rain ( The day is pale from the rain )
  • The daphne ( In the Forest of daphne weighs )

Complete Edition

Edited by Ulrike Wolitz in Paulusverlag, Fribourg:

  • Volume 1: Early poems, lyrics, stories and games, 1999
  • Volume 2: Monastic, 2000
  • Volume 3: I. drama plays, radio plays, monodrama, 2000
  • Volume 4: II drama mystery plays, part 1, 2001
  • Volume 5: drama III. Mystery plays, Part 2, 2002
  • Volume 6: Prose I, 2001
  • Volume 7: Prose II, 2006
  • Volume 8: Poetry, 2003
  • Volume 9: Spirituality I, 2004
  • Volume 10: Spirituality II, 2005
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