Herbert Meier (29 August 1928 – 21 September 2018)
Der Schriftsteller Herbert Meier ist neunzigjährig in Zürich gestorben
was a Swiss writer and translator.
Meier studied literature, history of art
The history of art focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but with a primary emphasis on its aesthetic visu ...
and philosophy at the universities of Basel
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, Vienna
en, Viennese
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, Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
and Fribourg
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Since 1955, Meier has been a freelance writer in Zurich. He won the Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis
The Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis is a literary award in memory of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer.
The prize is given annually to up to three recipients by the ''Conrad Ferdinand Meyer-Stiftung'' in Zurich.
Laureates
*1938 Max Frisch
*1939 Franz Fisch ...
in 1964. The main component of his work has been translating classical and modern theatre plays from French into German (authors such as Paul Claudel
Paul Claudel (; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism.
Early lif ...
and Georges Schehadé Georges may refer to:
Places
* Georges River, New South Wales, Australia
* Georges Quay (Dublin)
*Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Other uses
*Georges (name)
* ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas
* "Georges" (song), a 19 ...
).
References
Biography
at felix-bloch-erben.de
1928 births
2018 deaths
People from the canton of Solothurn
University of Basel alumni
University of Vienna alumni
University of Paris alumni
University of Fribourg alumni
Swiss writers
Swiss translators
French–German translators
20th-century translators
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