Herbert Meier

Swiss writer and translator (1928–2018)

Herbert Meier
Born	(1928-08-29)29 August 1928 Solothurn, Switzerland
Died	21 September 2018(2018-09-21) (aged 90)
Nationality	Swiss
Alma mater	University of Basel University of Vienna University of Paris University of Fribourg
Occupation(s)	Writer, translator

Herbert Meier (29 August 1928 – 21 September 2018)^[1] was a Swiss writer and translator.

Meier studied literature, history of art and philosophy at the universities of Basel, Vienna, Paris and Fribourg.

Since 1955, Meier has been a freelance writer in Zurich. He won the Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis 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 and Georges Schehadé).

References

^ Der Schriftsteller Herbert Meier ist neunzigjährig in Zürich gestorben (in German)

Biography at felix-bloch-erben.de (in German)

List of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize winners

1938-1950

1937: Hermann Hiltbrunner
1938: Emil Gerber
1939: Max Frisch
1940: Albert Ehrismann
1941: Ernst Kappeler
1942: Paul Adolf Brenner
1943: Hans Schumacher
1944: Kurt Guggenheim
1945: Maria Drittenbass / Hans Erhardt / Sven Moeschlin
1946: Franz Böni / Gottlieb Heinrich Heer / Charles Hug / Heinrich Müller
1947: Hans Aeschbacher / Ernst Hess / Eugen Mattes
1948: Marcel Gero / Max Hegetschweiler / Nadja Jollos
1949: Marcel Fischer / Rolf Liebermann / Hermann A. Sigg
1950: Kurt Leuthard / Armin Schibler / Emilio Stanzani

1951-1975

1951: Karl Kuprecht / Bruno Meiner / Franz Tischhäuser
1952: Paul Brenner / Erhart Ermatinger / Kaspar Ilg
1953: Arthur Häny / Hans J. Meyer / Hans Naef
1954: Hans Boesch / Hildi Hess /Viktor Aerni
1955: Franz Fassbind / Charlotte Stocker
1956: Emanuel Jakob / Werner Weber
1957: Walter Gort Bischof / Bruno Boesch / Armin Schibler
1958: Erwin Jaeckle / Klaus Huber / Harry Buser
1959: Karl Jakob Wegmann / Franz Giegling
1960: Raffael Ganz / Silvio Mattioli / Ernst Züllig
1961: Erika Burkart /Josef Wyss
1962: Roland Gross / Hans Reutimann
1963: Peter Meister
1964: Herbert Meier / Gottfried Müller
1965: Elfriede Huber-Abrahamowicz
1966: Hugo Loetscher / Walter Siegfried
1967: Andreas Christen / Walter Gross
1968: Adolf Muschg / Franz Hohler
1969: Irma Bamert / Jürg Federspiel
1970: Gerold Späth / Fritz Gafner / Urs Raussmüller
1971: Jürg Acklin
1972: Paul Nizon / Walter Rüfenacht / Peter Vogt
1973: Hans Ulrich Lehmann / Florin Granwehr
1974: Silvio Blatter / Max Bolliger / Marianne Gloor
1975: Beat Brechbühl / Ulrich Elsener

1976-2000

1976: Rolf Hörler / Roland Hotz / Walther Kauer
1977: Marguerite Hersberger / Peter Meier
1978: Alice Vollenweider / Josef Haselbach
1979: Hermann Burger / Jürg Altherr
1980: Franz Böni / Federico Hindermann / Thomas Müllenbach
1981: Roland Moser / Claudia Storz-Bürli
1983: Jürg Amann / Rosina Kuhn
1983: Hansjörg Schertenleib / Klaus Born
1984: Emil Zopfi / Berndt Höppner
1985: André Grab / Alfred Zimmerlin
1986: Hanna Johansen / Martin Hamburger / Peter Bräuniger
1987: Felix Stephan Huber / Martin Wehrli
1988: Iso Camartin / Jürg Burkhart
1989: Christoph Rütimann / Thomas Hürlimann
1990: Rita Ernst / Daniel Schnyder
1991: Hans Danuser / Dante Andrea Franzetti
1992: Thomas David Müller / Peter Sieber
1993: Hannes Brunner / Tim Krohn
1994: Hans Ulrich Bächtold / Rainer Henrich / Kurt Jakob Rüetschi / Thomas Stalder
1995: Urs Frei / Konrad Klotz
1996: Mischa Käser, Christoph Mörgeli
1997: Perikles Monioudis / Beatrice Maritz
1998: Silvia Gertsch / Max Gassmann

2001-2025

2017: Veronika Job / Urs Mannhart / Bruno Rauch (Free Opera Company Zürich)
2018: Dorothee Elmiger / Simone E. Pfenninger / Tom Emerson
2019: Viktoria Dimitrova Popova / Guillaume Bruère / Adrian Gerber

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