Albin Zollinger (* January 24, 1895 in Zürich; † November 7, 1941 in Zürich) was a Swiss writer. January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Zürich (German:   , Zürich German: Züri , in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

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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. Motto: En Unión y Libertad (English: In Union and Liberty) Anthem: Himno Nacional Argentino Capital Buenos Aires 34°20′ S 58°30′ W Largest city Buenos Aires Official languages Spanish Government President Democratic Republic Néstor Kirchner Independence - May Revolution - Declared - Recognised from Spain May 25, 1810... Küsnacht is a town near Zürich, Switzerland. ... Oerlikon has different meanings: Zürich Oerlikon: a quarter in the northern part of Zürich, Switzerland Oerlikon-Bührle: a company in Zürich, Switzerland that also owns Bally Shoes, Oerlikon Contraves, Pilatus Aircraft and Island Aircraft Oerlikon Contraves: a Swiss anti-aircraft artillery manufacturer founded in Zürich... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative in prose. ...

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” – Alltough 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 “beeing” (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. Max Frisch (May 15, 1911 – April 4, 1991), was a Swiss architect, playwright and novelist, one of the most representative writers of the German literature after World War II. In his creative works Frisch paid particular attention to issues relating to problems of personal identity, morality and political commitment. ...

Albin Zollinger rests buried in a 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.

works

• Die Gärten des Königs, Roman, 1921 (literaly: „The gardens of the king“)
• Der halbe Mensch, Roman, 1929 (literaly: „The half man“)
• Gedichte, 1933 (literaly: „Poems“)
• Sternfrühe, Gedichte, 1936 (literaly: „bright and early“)
• Stille des Herbstes, Gedichte, 1939 (literaly: „Silence of Fall“)
• Haus des Lebens, Gedichte, 1939 (literaly: „House of Life“)
• Die große Unruhe, Roman, 1939 (literaly: „The big Unrest“)
• Pfannenstiel. Die Geschichte eines Bildhauers' ', Roman, 1940 (literaly: „Pfannenstiel. The Story of a Sculptor“)
• Bohnenblust oder Die Erzieher, Roman, 1941 (literaly: „Bean Blast or The Educators“)

• Der Fröschlacher Kuckuck. Leben und Taten einer Stadt in zwanzig Abenteuern, 1941 (literaly: „The coocoo of Fröschlach. life and acts of a city in twenty adventures“)

literature

• 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

links

• Works by and about Albin Zollinger in the German National Library catalogue
• Texts of Albin Zollinger (Projekt Gutenberg-DE)
• Albin Zollinger In: Datenbank Projekt Historic Novel. University of Innsbruck.
• A short biography on Albin Zollinger
• Poems by Albin Zollinger