Albin Zollinger

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Albin Zollinger (* January 24, 1895 in Zürich; † November 7, 1941 in Zürich) was a Swiss writer.

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Albin Zollinger was born as a son of a precision machanic and grew up in Rüti, Zürich and Argentinia, where his parents tried to find a secure existence for the family – without avail. In Küsnacht he frequented the teacher’s seminar and got a permanent job after a lot of job changes. He did this same job in Oerlikon, until he died. 1921, his first novel came out.

All of Zollingers works, his novels, narratives, poems, essays, articles, reviews, letters... arose “secondary”. Secondary to his work as a teacher, secondary to his military service, secondary to his public engagements in the Swiss Writer’s Club SVV, secondary to his work as an editor at “Die Zeit” and later “Nation” – Although he had a familiar crisis and depression (his marriage was divorced after a few years).

His preferred place to write were the village's cafés, where went to from Oerlikon per tram car, to go to school. Nearly legendary was – during the 30ties – his little marmor table at the Café "Terrasse". There he met other Zürich writers, e.g. literature professor Fritz Ernst, literatur reviewer Bernhard Diebold, his friend Traugott Vogel or Rudolf Jakob Humm. Three weeks before his death with 46, Zollinger met the young Max Frisch on the Pfannenstiel. Frisch noted that meeting in his diary (“Tagebuch 1946-1949“). Zollinger became an idol for him. Frisch wrote a book named „Bin oder die Reise nach Peking“ (literally: “Bin or the Journey to Peking”) Readers ever wondered, what “Bin” means and some think, it must be the German 1st singular form of “being” (I AM = Ich BIN). But Frisch once stated, that “Bin” actually meant the seldom short form of Albin, that isn’t a very widespread name and that doesn't specially appear in the book.

Albin Zollinger rests buried in an honorary grave at the cemetery “Nordheim”. In Oerlikon There ist, since 1980, a place named after him.

Albin Zollinger’s literary remains are administrated by the Zentralbibliothek Zürich.

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  • Die Gärten des Königs, Roman, 1921 (literally: „The gardens of the king“)
  • Der halbe Mensch, Roman, 1929 (literally: „The half man“)
  • Gedichte, 1933 (literally: „Poems“)
  • Sternfrühe, Gedichte, 1936 (literally: „bright and early“)
  • Stille des Herbstes, Gedichte, 1939 (literally: „Silence of Fall“)
  • Haus des Lebens, Gedichte, 1939 (literally: „House of Life“)
  • Die große Unruhe, Roman, 1939 (literally: „The big Unrest“)
  • Pfannenstiel. Die Geschichte eines Bildhauers' ', Roman, 1940 (literally: „Pfannenstiel. The Story of a Sculptor“)
  • Bohnenblust oder Die Erzieher, Roman, 1941 (literally: „Bean Blast or The Educators“)
  • Der Fröschlacher Kuckuck. Leben und Taten einer Stadt in zwanzig Abenteuern, 1941 (literally: „The coocoo of Fröschlach. life and acts of a city in twenty adventures“)

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  • Isabelle Chopin: Albin Zollinger. Entre politique et poésie (1933-1939). Bern u.a.: Lang 2000. (= Contacts; Sér. 3, Etudes et documents; 50) ISBN 3-906758-15-X
  • Maria Adèle Hafner: Die Gestalt des Lehrers in Albin Zollingers Romanen "Pfannenstiel" und "Bohnenblust" und in E. Y. Meyers Roman "Die Rückfahrt". Zürich: Bokos 1995.
  • Thorbjörn Lengborn: Schriftsteller und Gesellschaft in der Schweiz. Eine Studie zur Behandlung der Gesellschaftsproblematik bei Zollinger, Frisch und Dürrenmatt. Frankfurt: Athenäum-Verl. 1972. ISBN 3-7610-9259-8
  • Ingrid Scheffler: Albin Zollinger, Max Frisch und Friedrich Dürrenmatt als Publizisten und ihr Verhältnis zu den Medien. Frankfurt am Main u.a.: Lang 1986. (= Beiträge zur Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft des 20. Jahrhunderts; 7) ISBN 3-8204-9134-1

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Persondata
NAME Zollinger, Albin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albin Zollinger
SHORT DESCRIPTION Schweizer Schriftsteller
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Zürich
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1941
PLACE OF DEATH Zürich
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