Karl Meier (writer)
Karl Meier (16 March 1897, St. Gallen – 29 March 1974, Zurich) was a Swiss actor influential in the European LGBT social movements, LGBT social movement. He was a member of the socially active Cabaret Cornichon company, and editor for the gay magazine ''Der Kreis'' (''The Circle''), which he edited under the pen name "Rolf". Life Meier was born the illegitimate son of Elizabeth Glätterin Rheiner in St. Gallen, and baptised as Rudolf Carl Rheiner. As a toddler he was taken into care by the childless couple Thomas and Wilhelmina Meier-Götsch in Kradolf and adopted by them in 1912. The whereabouts of his birth mother after 1907 are unknown. In 1912 Meier completed an apprenticeship to a silk weaving enterprise in Schönenberg, Zürich, Schönenberg. His wish, however, was to become an actor. Through the intervention of his understanding boss, he was transferred to the company headquarters in Zurich. Here he took acting lessons and worked with travelling companies. After yea ...
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