Rea Brändle (1 May 1953 – 2 September 2019) was a

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journalist and writer.

Biography

Brändle was born on 1 May 1953 in Neu St. Johann. She grew up in upper

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. After she completed her

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, she became a cultural editor and journalist for ''

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''. In 1984, she contributed to the publication of the booklet '' Die Sprache ist kein Mann, Madame'' of the women's group of the Swiss Journalists Union. Later she became an independent author. In 2012, she edited a biography of writer Alfred Huggenberger with historian Mario König on behalf of the government of Thurgau. For several years, she wrote regularly for ''

WOZ Die Wochenzeitung ''WOZ Die Wochenzeitung'', (commonly abbreviated as ''WOZ'' or ''Wochenzeitung''), is a Swiss, German-language weekly newspaper published in Zürich. History ''Die WochenZeitung'' (WoZ) first appeared on 1 October 1981. It cost 2 Swiss francs ...

'' in

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. In 2006, she contributed to ''WOZ'' as a cultural editor. She died on 2 September 2019 in Zürich.

Publications

Books

* '' Johannes Seluner, Findling. Eine Recherche''. Zürich: Limmat, 1990, . * ''Wildfremd, hautnah. Völkerschauen und Schauplätze Zürich 1880–1960''. Zürich: Rotpunkt, 1995, . 2nd edition, reworked and enlarged: Zürich, Rotpunkt, 2013, * with Felix Kauf and Ernst Scagnet: ''Die Regierung & Partner. Total verrückte Geschichte einer ganz normalen Entwicklung''. Wattwil, Toggenburger, 2004, . * ''200 Jahre Theater St. Gallen'' (ed.). Basel, Theaterkulturverlag, 2005, (= ''Schweizer Theaterjahrbuch'', vol. 66). * ''Über Giuseppe Reichmuth. Was macht einer mit so viel Talent''. Zürich, Offizin, 2006, . * ''Nayo Bruce. Geschichte einer afrikanischen Familie in Europa''. Zürich,

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, 2007, . * ''Ammanns Vermächtnis. Aus dem Leben des Toggenburger Instrumentenmachers Ulrich Ammann, 1766–1842''. Wattwil, Toggenburger, 2010, . * with Mario König: ''Huggenberger. Die Karriere eines Schriftstellers''. Frauenfeld: Verlag des Historischen Vereins des Kantons Thurgau, 2012, .

Theatre works

* ''Ammanns Vermächtnis''. UA: Alt St. Johann, 2002 * ''Herr Stauss malt an einem Bild und unser Haus ist auch drauf''. UA:

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, 2009

Filmography

* ''Emil Zbinden'' (with Karl Jost and Peter Münger) * ''Johannes Seluner'', Fernsehen DRS, 1994

References

External links

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