Rea Brändle
Rea Brändle (1 May 1953 – 2 September 2019) was a Swiss journalist and writer.
Biography
[edit]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.
She died on 2 September 2019 in Zürich.[6]
Publications
[edit]- Books
- Johannes Seluner, Findling. Eine Recherche. Zürich: Limmat, 1990, ISBN 3-85791-162-X.
- Wildfremd, hautnah. Völkerschauen und Schauplätze Zürich 1880–1960. Zürich: Rotpunkt, 1995, ISBN 3-85869-120-8. 2nd edition, reworked and enlarged: Zürich, Rotpunkt, 2013, ISBN 978-3-85869-561-1
- with Felix Kauf and Ernst Scagnet: Die Regierung & Partner. Total verrückte Geschichte einer ganz normalen Entwicklung. Wattwil, Toggenburger, 2004, ISBN 3-908166-19-5.
- 200 Jahre Theater St. Gallen (ed.). Basel, Theaterkulturverlag, 2005, ISBN 3-908145-50-3 (= Schweizer Theaterjahrbuch, vol. 66).
- Über Giuseppe Reichmuth. Was macht einer mit so viel Talent. Zürich, Offizin, 2006, ISBN 3-907496-43-4.
- Nayo Bruce. Geschichte einer afrikanischen Familie in Europa. Zürich, Chronos Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-0340-0868-6.
- Ammanns Vermächtnis. Aus dem Leben des Toggenburger Instrumentenmachers Ulrich Ammann, 1766–1842. Wattwil, Toggenburger, 2010, ISBN 978-3-908166-47-4.
- with Mario König: Huggenberger. Die Karriere eines Schriftstellers. Frauenfeld: Verlag des Historischen Vereins des Kantons Thurgau, 2012, ISBN 978-3-9522896-8-6.
- Theatre works
- Ammanns Vermächtnis. UA: Alt St. Johann, 2002
- Herr Stauss malt an einem Bild und unser Haus ist auch drauf. UA: Lichtensteig, 2009
- Film, TV
- Emil Zbinden (with Karl Jost and Peter Münger)
- Johannes Seluner, Fernsehen DRS, 1994
References
[edit]- ^ "Rea Brändle" (in German). Chronos Verlag. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ^ "Details zu Entstehungsgeschichte und Inhalt" (in German). Kulturstiftung des Kantons Thurgau. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ Brändle, Rea (8 March 2007). "Nicht lockergelassen". Die Wochenzeitung (in German).
- ^ "Eine heilsame Gewohnheit für viele". WoZ (in German). 30 September 2010.
- ^ Howald, Stefan (12 September 2019). "Rea Brändle (1953—2019), "Die Einzigartigkeit des Lebens"". WoZ. p. 23. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^ "Gedenkseite von Rea Brändle". sich-erinnern.ch (in German). Retrieved 6 September 2019.
External links
[edit]- Literature by and about Rea Brändle in the German National Library catalogue
- "Brändle Rea". Schweizer Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftsteller der Gegenwart (in German). Autorinnen und Autoren der Schweiz.
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- 1953 births
- 2019 deaths
- Swiss women journalists
- 20th-century Swiss journalists
- 21st-century Swiss journalists
- Swiss newspaper journalists
- Swiss newspaper editors
- Swiss women editors
- 20th-century Swiss women writers
- 21st-century Swiss women writers
- Swiss dramatists and playwrights
- Swiss women dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Swiss dramatists and playwrights
- Swiss essayists
- Swiss women essayists
- 20th-century essayists
- 21st-century essayists
- People from Toggenburg