Aline Valangin was a Swiss writer, pianist, and

psychoanalyst PsychoanalysisFrom Greek language, Greek: + . is a set of Theory, theories and Therapy, therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a bo ...

. She was follower of

Carl Jung Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philo ...

and became a psychoanalyst. Together with Vladimir Rosenbaum (1894–1984, her husband from 1917 to 1940) in Comologno, she helped and played host to migrants as

Ignazio Silone Secondino Tranquilli (1 May 1900 – 22 August 1978), known by the pseudonym Ignazio Silone (, ), was an Italian political leader, novelist, and short-story writer, world-famous during World War II for his powerful anti-fascist novels. He was no ...

Ernst Toller Ernst Toller (1 December 1893 – 22 May 1939) was a German author, playwright, left-wing politician and revolutionary, known for his Expressionism (theatre), Expressionist plays. He served in 1919 for six days as President of the short-lived B ...

, and

Kurt Tucholsky Kurt Tucholsky (; 9 January 1890 – 21 December 1935) was a German journalist, satirist, and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser (after the historical figure), Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel. Tucholsky was on ...

. In 1931, she loved Silone when she read his masterpiece ''

Fontamara '' Fontamara'' is a 1933 novel by the Italian author Ignazio Silone, written when he was a refugee from the Fascist Police in Davos, Switzerland. It is Silone's first novel and is regarded as his most famous work. It received worldwide acclaim ...

'' and helped him to publish it.

Works

* ''Dictées'' (Gedichte), éditions Sagesse, Paris 1936 * ''Geschichten vom Tal'', Girsberger, Zürich 1937 * ''L'Amande clandestine'' (Gedichte), éditions GLM, Paris 1939 * ''Tessiner Novellen'', Girsberger, Zürich 1939 * ''Die Bargada. Eine Chronik'', Büchergilde Gutenberg, Zürich 1940 * ''Casa Conti''. Roman, Hallwag, Bern 1941 * ''Victoire oder Die letzte Rose''. Roman, Steinberg, Zürich 1946 * ''Reflets'' (Gedichte), écrivains réunis, Lyon 1956 * ''Raum ohne Kehrreim / Espace sans refrain''. Gedichte. Mit drei Scherenschnitten von

Hans Arp Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp (16 September 1886 – 7 June 1966), better known as Jean Arp in English, was a German-French sculptor, painter, and poet. He was known as a Dadaist and an abstract artist. Early life Arp was born in Straßburg (now Stras ...

, Tschudy (Die Quadrat-Bücher 23), St. Gallen 1961 * ''Traumschalmei. Göttinnen – Einkehr – Der Stylit''. Gedichte, Karlsruher Bote, Karlsruhe 1969 * ''Tagebuch aus Israel''. Gedichte, Karlsruher Bote, Karlsruhe 1970 * ''Aussagen''. Gedichte, Karlsruher Bote, Karlsruhe 1971 * ''Vers et revers'' (Gedichte), Latvia, o.O. 1978 * ''Die Silberflöte. Zwei psychologische Tessiner Novellen'', Sisyphos, Zürich 1980 * ''Dorf an der Grenze'', Limmat, Zürich 1982

References

Swiss writers Swiss psychoanalysts Swiss pianists Swiss women pianists 1889 births 1986 deaths People from Vevey 20th-century pianists 20th-century women pianists {{psychologist-stub