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Tages-Anzeiger
''Tages-Anzeiger'' (), also abbreviated ''Tagi'' or ''TA'', is a Swiss German-language national daily newspaper published in Zurich, Switzerland. History and profile The paper was first published under the name ''Tages-Anzeiger für Stadt und Kanton Zürich'' in 1893. The founder was a German, Wilhelm Girardet. Its current name, ''Tages-Anzeiger'', was adopted later. The paper is based in Zurich and is published in broadsheet. Its owner and publisher is Tamedia and its editor is Res Strehle. Although ''Tages-Anzeiger'' is a national newspaper, it focuses mainly on the Zurich region. Circulation The circulation of ''Tages-Anzeiger'' was 70,000 copies in 1910. It rose to 83,000 copies in 1930 and to 116,000 copies in 1950. In 1967 the paper was the best-selling newspaper with a circulation of 161,000 copies. In the period of 1995–1996 ''Tages-Anzeiger'' had a circulation of 282,222 copies, making it the second best-selling paper in the country. In 1997 its circulation was 283 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basler Zeitung
''Basler Zeitung'' (literally: "Basler Newspaper"), or ''BaZ'', is a Switzerland, Swiss German language, German-language regional daily newspaper, published in Basel. History and profile ''Basler Zeitung'' was created in 1977 through the merger of the ''Basler Nachrichten'' and the ''National-Zeitung''. The paper has its headquarters in Basel and the Basel-Landschaft, Basel canton. The newspaper is owned by the Basler Zeitung Medien which also publishes the free daily newspaper ''Baslerstab''. The shareholders of ''Basler Zeitung'' are Tito Tettamanti (75%) and Martin Wagner (25%) In 1997 ''Basler Zeitung'' had a circulation of 115,297 copies. The circulation of the paper was 104,000 copies in 2003. The 2006 circulation of the daily was 98,645 copies. General information The weekday edition of Basler Zeitung is published in two bundles, cut in the traditional Swiss newspaper format of 320 × 475 mm: The first bundle is devoted to political events at home and abroad. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamedia
TX Group AG (formerly Tamedia AG) is a media company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Through a portfolio of daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and digital platforms, as well as own printing facilities, it is the largest media group in the country. Since 2000, Tamedia has been listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange. On January 1, 2020, Tamedia was renamed to TX Group AG. Aside from group management functions, TX Group has four operating companies: TX Markets, Goldbach, 20 Minuten, and Tamedia. Marketshare In 2011, it was the biggest player in the Swiss press market, controlling a 41% market share, which rose up to 68% in French-speaking Romandie. Its main competitors are and Ringier. Holdings Publishing Tamedia owns a wide range of daily and weekly newspapers and magazines in different languages. One of Tamedia's most important publications is the ''Tages-Anzeiger'', a daily newspaper based in Zurich. Tamedia also owns the weekly ', the free national newspaper '' 20 Minu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zurich
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The Urban agglomeration, urban area was home to 1.45 million people (2020), while the Zurich Metropolitan Area, Zurich metropolitan area had a total population of 2.1 million (2020). Zurich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zurich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zurich was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During the Middle Ages, Zurich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niklaus Meienberg
Niklaus Meienberg (11 May 1940 – 22 September 1993) was a Swiss writer and investigative journalist. Meienberg lived in Zürich and published 14 books in his lifetime. His works were primarily about recent Swiss history. His texts are used as exemplars in Swiss journalism schools. Meienberg's best works were compiled in the book ''St. Fiden Paris Oerlikon''. This book was republished in 2005/06 as part of the series '' Schweizer Bibliothek'' (a series of 20 of the most important Swiss books). Life Meienberg was born 1940 in St. Gallen. He is the younger brother of missionary Peter Hildebrand Meienberg. After five years in the convent school in Disentis, the 20-year-old went to the U.S. for one year. In New York City he worked as a clerk for the ''Federation of Migros Cooperatives'' and in Vancouver, Canada, as a bulldozer driver. On his return to Switzerland, he was ready to study. As a main subject, he chose history (at the University of Fribourg, then at the ETH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schweizer Bibliothek
Schweizer Bibliothek ("Swiss Library") is a twenty-volume compilation of Swiss books, published in 2005/2006. The wide assortment of writers from all around the country is intended to represent 20th century Swiss literature by showcasing twenty of the most important Swiss writers. The collection was compiled by ''Das Magazin'', a weekend supplement-style magazine enclosed with the Saturday editions of several newspapers (namely ''Tages-Anzeiger (Zürich)'', ''Basler Zeitung'', ''Berner Zeitung'' and '' Solothurner Tagblatt''). Readings with famous international writers including Salman Rushdie and Ian McEwan were organized at the same time Production and Editing of the volumes One volume was issued every two weeks between 9 December 2005 and the middle of May 2006. The compilation was selected by different experts including Peter von Matt, Corina Caduff, Werner Morlang, Peter Utz, Stefan Zweifel, and by the reviewers of the newspapers involved (e.g. ''Basler Zeitung'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Swiss Alps, Alps and the Jura Mountains, Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas most of the country's Demographics of Switzerland, 9 million people are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts List of cities in Switzerland, its largest cities and economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, and Lausanne. Switzerland is a federal republic composed of Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. It has four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh language, Romansh. Although most Swiss are German-speaking, national identity is fairly cohesive, being rooted in a common historical background, shared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Frisch
Max Rudolf Frisch (; 15 May 1911 – 4 April 1991) was a Swiss playwright and novelist. Frisch's works focused on problems of identity (social science), identity, individuality, Moral responsibility, responsibility, morality, and political commitment. The use of irony is a significant feature of his post-war output. Frisch was one of the founders of Gruppe Olten. He was awarded the 1965 Jerusalem Prize, the 1973 Schiller Prize, Grand Schiller Prize, and the 1986 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Early years and education Max Rudolf Frisch was born on 15 May 1911 in Zurich, Switzerland, the second son of Franz Bruno Frisch, an architect, and Karolina Bettina Frisch (née Wildermuth). He had a sister, Emma (1899–1972), his father's daughter by a previous marriage, and a brother, Franz, eight years his senior (1903–1978). The family lived modestly, their financial situation deteriorating after the father lost his job during the First World War. Frisch had an emotion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berner Zeitung
''Berner Zeitung'' (literally: "Journal of Bern"), also branded as ''BZ'', is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper, published by Tamedia in Bern. History and profile ''Berner Zeitung'' was first issued on 3 January 1979. Four different papers led to the creation of the also called ''BZ'': The ''Intelligenzblatt'' (1834), which was renamed '' Berner Tagblatt'' in 1888; The ''Emmenthaler Nachrichten'' (1883), the weekly newspaper of Emmenthal (1844) and the ''Neue Berner Zeitung'' (1919). When the ''Emmenthaler Blatt'' and the ''Neue Berner Zeitung'' were merged in 1973, ''Berner Zeitung'' was created. This paper merged with the daily news (former ''Emmenthaler Nachrichten'') in 1977 creating the ''Berner Nachrichten'', which was first released on 3 January 1979. The first editor-in-chief was Peter Schindler who was in charge between 1979 and 1982. His successors were Urs P. Gasche (1982–1985), Ronald Roggen (1985–1986), Beat Hurni (1987–1996) and Andreas Z'Graggen (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bichsel
Peter Bichsel (; 24 March 193515 March 2025) was a Swiss writer and journalist representing modern German literature. He was a member of the Group 47. His breakthrough was the collection of short stories ''And Really Frau Blum Would Very Much Like to Meet the Milkman''. Life and career Bichsel was born in Lucerne on 24 March 1935, the son of manual labourers. Shortly after he was born, the Bichsels moved to Olten. After finishing school, he became an elementary school teacher, a job he held until 1968. From 1974 to 1981, he was the personal advisor and speech writer of Willy Ritschard, a member of the Swiss Federal Council. Between 1972 and 1989, he made his mark as a "writer in residence" and a guest lecturer at American universities. Bichsel lived on the outskirts of Solothurn for several decades. He started publishing short lyric works in newspapers, for example in ''Weltwoche'', ''Tages-Anzeiger-Magazin'', ''Schweizer Illustrierte'' and ''Luzerner Neueste Nachrichten''. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Schweikert
Ruth Schweikert (15 July 1964 – 4 June 2023) was a Swiss writer. She is best known for her novels ''Augen zu'' (Eyes Shut) (1998), ''Ohio'' (2005) and ''How we get older'' (2015). Schweikert was awarded a number of prizes, including the Swiss Schiller Prize, Schiller Foundation Prize in 1999, the Art Prize of the City of Zurich in 2016 and the Solothurn Literature Prize, also in 2016. Life Schweikert was born on 15 July 1964 in Lörrach, southern Germany. She published her debut, ''Erdnüsse. Totschlagen'', a collection of short stories, in 1994. The book garnered immediate attention, and Schweikert "caused a sensation as a powerful voice for a new, young generation in Swiss literature", inviting comparison with writers Peter Weber and Urs Richle. She is best known for her novels ''Augen zu'' (Eyes Shut) (1998), ''Ohio'' (2005) and ''How we get older'' (2015). She was president of the Suisseculture association for four years, and mentored young writers at the Literature Insti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten, a group of left-wing Swiss writers who convened regularly at a restaurant in the city of Olten. Life Dürrenmatt was born in Konolfingen, canton of Bern, the son of a Protestant pastor. His grandfather, Ulrich Dürrenmatt, was a conservative politician. The family moved to Bern in 1935. Dürrenmatt began studies in philosophy, German philology, and German literature at the University of Zürich in 1941, but moved to the University of Bern after one semester where he also studied natural science. In 1943, he decided to become an author and dramatist and dropped his academic career. In 1945–46, he wrote his first play ''It Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Hediger
Markus Hediger (born 31 March 1959) is a Swiss writer and translator. Life Markus Hediger was born in Zürich and brought up in Reinach, Aargau. From 1980 to 1990 he studied French literature, literary criticism and Italian literature at University of Zurich. At the age of 16 he went to Paris for the first time. In 1979 he met there the Lebanese poet and playwright Georges Schehadé who opened to him new poetical horizons and whom he visited regularly until his death in 1989. In Switzerland he became friends with the writers Erika Burkart, Hugo Loetscher, Alice Rivaz and Walter Vogt. In 1996 Markus Hediger published his first book of poetry, ''Ne retournez pas la pierre''. This was followed by ''En deçà de la lumière'' in 2009 and ''Dans le cendrier du temps'' in 2022. In 2011 he was invited to the International Poetry Festival of Rosario (Argentina), in 2014 to the International Poetry Festival of Medellín (Colombia) and in 2016 to the International Poetry Festival of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
