Eveline Hasler (born 22 March 1933) is a Swiss writer. She has written novels (for adults) and children's books which have been translated into many languages. One of her most-read works is the novel ''

Anna Goeldin – The Last Witch ''Anna Goeldin—The Last Witch'' (1982) is the novel with which Swiss writer Eveline Hasler established her literary reputation. It imagines the life of Anna Göldi (Göldin in the contemporary spelling, indicating the female gender in the name; ...

''. It fictionalizes one of the last witchcraft trials in Europe and was published in 1982, at the bicentennial of the execution of Anna Göldi. Hasler was awarded a Schiller Foundation prize for her first novel ''Novemberinsel'' (November Island).

Life

Eveline Hasler was born 22 March 1933 in

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and in

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, and worked as a teacher for a short time in St. Gallen. She also worked in television.Warwick J. Rodden. Eveline Hasler. An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. Edited by Katharina M. Wilson. Garland Publishing, 1991, volume 1, p. 538. She has written novels (for adults) and children's books which have been translated into many languages. Eveline Hasler is married with three children. One of her most-read works is the novel ''

''. It fictionalizes one of the last witchcraft trials in Europe and was published in 1982, at the bicentennial of the execution of Anna Göldi. Her historical stories and novels "bring long-forgotten individuals and their experiences back to life, redressing to some extent the balance of history which has seen them marginalized or discounted." In many of her works, she reminds readers that "stability, one of the valued preserves of modern Swiss society, is a relatively recent privilege." Her works are described as carefully researched. ''Flying with Wings of Wax'' (1991) presents the life of Emily Kempin (1853-1901), the first German-speaking female law graduate; she was refused permission to practice law in her home country of Switzerland, "sought her fortune in New York, but ultimately failed in her struggle against convention."Burns, p. 136. Hasler was awarded a Schiller Foundation prize for her first novel ''Novemberinsel'' (November Island). She has also been awarded the Droste Prize from the city of Meersburg, the City of St. Gallen Culture Award and an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern. Her literary estate is archived in the

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Bibliography (English translations only)

* ''Martin is Our Friend.'' Trans. Dorothea Desmarowitz. Abingdon, 1981. * ''Winter Magic.'' Trans. Michele Lemieux. W. Morrow, 1984. * ''Bats in the Belfry.'' Trans. Jozef Wilkon. Adama Books, 1984. * ''The Garden Town.'' Trans. Stepan Zavrel; Lenore Wilson. Daan Retief, 1989. * ''Flying with Wings of Wax: The Story of Emily Kempin-Spyri.'' Fromm International, 1993. * ''The giantess.'' Trans. Renate Seelig. Kane/Miller Book Publishers, 1997. * ''A Tale of Two Brothers.'' Trans. Käthi Bhend; Marianne Martens. North-South Books, 2006. * ''The Birdmaker Witch. Stories of Child Witches in Switzerland and Germany.'' (Excerpts) In: The Dirty Goat 25 (2011): 214–261. www.thedirtygoat.com * ''Anna Goeldin – The Last Witch''. Trans. Mary Bryant. Ed. Waltraud Maierhofer. Lighthouse Christian Publishing, 2013. * '' The Child Witches of Lucerne and Buchau.'' Trans. Waltraud Maierhofer and Jennifer Vanderbeek, 2022.

References

External links

Literary estate of Eveline Hasler
in the archive database HelveticArchives of the

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Publications by and about Eveline Hasler
in the catalogue Helveticat of the

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