Paul Sutermeister
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Born | Küsnacht, Switzerland | 6 June 1864
Died | 2 February 1905 Bern, Switzerland | (aged 40)
Occupation | Pastor and writer |
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Paul Sutermeister (6 June 1864 in Küsnacht – 2 February 1905 in Bern) was a Swiss theologian, pastor and contributing editor of the .
Biography[]
Paul Sutermeister's father was Otto Sutermeister; his family came from Zofingen.[1] He attended high school in Berne and studied theology at the universities of Basel and Göttingen.[1] He began his sermon in the Appenzell region.[1] “His popular book ‘Der Dorfkaiser’, in which he criticized sharply the lottery and the ruthless exploitation of vulnerable people by the village magnate [...] costed him his job as a pastor in Walzenhausen and led him to the activity in the daily press.”[1] As foreign editor Sutermeister came to the Berner Tagblatt, “edited the Saturday supplement, Berner Heim, and concerned the coverage of concerts and clubs.”[1] For some time he was editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine and later of the Basel published Christian entertainment magazine .”[1] “As a writer, Sutermeister showed an insightful and intimate view of our national life, without overlooking its dark side.”[1] Sutermeister died of pneumonia.[1] He was married to Mathilde Fontannaz and had children.
Bibliography[]
- Der Dorfkaiser. Vollmann, Zurich 1898 (Verein für Verbreitung guter Schriften, Zürich. Vol. 29). (Reprint: EOD Network, 2011. ISBN 978-3-226-00188-4 )
- Ein Vierteljahrhundert Missionsarbeit im südlichen Afrika: Züge aus der . Georg Bridel, Lausanne 1898.
- : Lebensbild einer christlichen Dichterin. Basel 1898 (Reben am Weinstock. Vol. 8). (Reprint: EOD Network, 2011. ISBN 978-3-226-00872-2 )
- Burenfrauen: Épisode aus dem Burenkriege. Free translation from a drama of Virgile Rossel. Buchdruckerei des Berner Tagblatts, Bern 1901. (Reprint: EOD Network, 2011. ISBN 978-3-226-00938-5 )
Secondary Literature[]
- † Paul Sutermeister. In: Der Bund, 56. Jahrgang, Nr. 60, 5 February 1905.
- Zum Andenken an Herrn Pfarrer Paul Sutermeister, Redaktor: Gestorben am 2 February 1905. Bern: Buchdruckerei des Berner Tagblatt, 1905. 22 pages. With contributions by pastor Baumgartner, and H. Hugendubel. (Reprint: EOD Network, 2011. ISBN 978-3-226-00947-7 ) (Online)
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- 1864 births
- 1905 deaths
- People from Küsnacht
- Swiss writers in German
- Swiss male novelists
- Swiss Calvinist and Reformed ministers
- University of Basel alumni
- University of Göttingen alumni
- 19th-century Swiss novelists
- 19th-century male writers