Maria Lauber
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Born | (1891-08-25)25 August 1891 Frutigen, Switzerland |
Died | 4 July 1973(1973-07-04) (aged 81) Frutigen, Switzerland |
Occupation | Writer, poet |
Language | German, Swiss German |
Nationality | Swiss |
Notable awards | Schiller Prize (1951) |
Maria Lauber (August 25th 1891 – July 4th 1973) was a Swiss writer, who published both in Standard German and in the local dialect of Swiss German (specifically "Frutigtütsch", a form of Highest Alemannic).
Life and work
Born in Frutigen, in the Berner Oberland, Lauber worked as a teacher in Adelboden, Lenk and Kiental before retiring in 1952 for health reasons.
Her early work was mainly natural history written in Standard German, but she later published increasing numbers of stories, autobiographical narratives and poems in the Swiss German dialect of the Frutigtal valley, which runs along the river Kander.
In 1966, she was appointed an honorary citizen of Frutigen by the parish council. She is buried in the Frutigen cemetery, where her grave has been given a place of honour.
Awards and prizes
- 1951 Schiller Prize (for Chüngold)
- 1966 Literary Prize of the Canton of Bern
- 1966 honorary citizen of Frutigen
Selected bibliography
- Alpen-Legendchen, 1920
- D' Wyberschlacht uf de Langermatte. Ein Schauspiel aus der Zeit der Sage in 3 Akten, 1922
- Wa Grossatt nug het gläbt. Skizzen über das Brauchtum der Talschaft Frutigen in ihrer Mundart dargestellt, 1939
- Eghi Brügg: Gschichti us em innere Frutigtal, 1942
- Hab Sorg derzue. Sagen aus der Talschaft Frutigen nach mündlicher Ueberlieferung, 1940
- Chüngold (Erzählung), 1950
- Chüngold in der Stadt (Erzählung), 1954
- Mis Tal (Gedichte), 1955
- Bletter im Luft (Gedichte), 1959
- Unter dem gekrönten Adler. Die Talschaft Frutigen, 1961
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- 1920: Carl Spitteler
- 1922: Jakob Bosshart
- 1923: Philippe Godet
- 1928: Francesco Chiesa
- 1930: Jakob Schaffner
- 1936: Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
- 1943: Peider Lansel
- 1948: Meinrad Inglin
- 1955: Gonzague de Reynold
- 1960: Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- 1973: Max Frisch
- 1982: Denis de Rougemont
- 1988: Giorgio Orelli
- 1992: Hugo Loetscher
- 1997: Maurice Chappaz
- 2000: Grytzko Mascioni
- 2005: Erika Burkart
- 2010: Philippe Jaccottet
- 2012: Giovanni Orelli and Peter Bichsel
- 1938: Maurice Zermatten
- 1938: Charles-François Landry
- 1939: Charles-François Landry
- 1942: Pericle Patocchi and Alice Rivaz
- 1943: Jean-Georges Lossier
- 1944: Charles-François Landry
- 1949: Charles-François Landry
- 1950: Georges Méautis
- 1951: Maria Lauber
- 1956: Maurice Zermatten
- 1957: Charles-François Landry
- 1960: Léon Savary
- 1961: Jean Starobinski andJean-Pierre Monnier
- 1963: Jacques Chessex
- 1964: Pierrette Micheloud
- 1967: Jean Pache
- 1969: Alexandre Voisard
- 1971: Georges Haldas
- 1974: S. Corinna Bille
- 1976: Jean-Claude Fontanet
- 1977: Georges Haldas and Monique Laederach
- 1978: Mireille Kuttel
- 1978: Jean Pache
- 1979: Anne Cuneo
- 1980: Pierrette Micheloud and Jean-Pierre Monnier
- 1983: Nicolas Bouvier and Monique Laederach
- 1984: Catherine Safonoff
- 1985: Hugo Loetscher
- 1987: Peter Bichsel and Laurence Verrey
- 1988: Amélie Plume
- 1989: Franz Böni
- 1992: Gisèle Ansorge
- 1995: Jean-Bernard Vuillème
- 1996: Yvette Z'Graggen
- 1998: Jean-Luc Benoziglio
- 1999: François Debluë
- 2000: Fabio Pusterla and Monique Laederach
- 2001: Jean-François Duval
- 2002: Noëlle Revaz
- 2003: Benoît Damon
- 2004: François Debluë
- 2005: Ágota Kristóf
- 2006: Jacques Probst
- 2007: José-Flore Tappy
- 2008: Jean-François Haas
- 2009: Pascale Kramer
- 2011: Thomas Sandoz
- 2012: Nicolas Verdan
- 2006: Catherine Lovey
- 2009: Dominique de Rivaz
- 2011: Douna Loup
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