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Helen Meier
Born17 April 1929
Mels, Switzerland
Died13 February 2021(2021-02-13) (aged 91)
Trogen, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
OccupationWriter

Helen Meier (17 April 1929 – 13 February 2021) was a Swiss writer.[1]

Biography

Meier attended a Lehrerseminar [de] in Rorschach and subsequently became a primary schoolteacher. After working in England, France, and Italy, she attended the University of Fribourg, subsequently working for the Swiss Red Cross and as a special education teacher in Heiden. She was discovered at the Festival of German-Language Literature, where she received a prize for her story, Lichtempfindlich.

Helen Meier died in Trogen on 13 February 2021 at the age of 91.[2]

Awards

Works

References

  1. ^ "Eine Meisterin des Ungemütlichen". SRF (in German). 13 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Schweizer Autorin Helen Meier mit 91 Jahren gestorben". Deutschland Kultur (in German). 13 February 2021.
  3. ^ "TROGEN: Erstmals Schriftstellerin geehrt". Tagblatt (in French). 26 May 2017.