Cécile Ines Loos

Cécile Ines Loos (4 February 1883 – 21 January 1959) was a Swiss writer. She was born and died in Basel. She has been called "one of the most important recent rediscoveries in Swiss literature".

Life Cécile Ines Loos was born on 4 February 1883 in Basel, Switzerland. Her father was a German organist and her mother was from upper-class Basel society. Loos was their fifth child. Her mother died when she was aged two, and she was brought up by a friend of her mother's. Her father died shortly after, in 1887. She studied astrology and religion, and in 1929 published her first novel, Matka Boska in Germany. The book tells the story of a poor Polish peasant and her illegitimate daughter. She lived the rest of her life in poverty, but continued to write, and some consider two novels from this period her finest work, Hinter dem Mond (Behind the Moon) and Der Tod und das Püppchen (Death and the doll).

In 1991 Loos was called "one of the most important recent rediscoveries in Swiss literature".

She died on 21 January 1959 in Basel.

Works "Matka Boska", 1929 “Die Rätsel der Turandot” (The riddles of Turandot), 1931 "Die leisen Leidenschaften. Ein Lied der Freundschaft" (The quiet passions. A song of friendship), 1934 “Der Tod und das Püppchen” (Death and the dolly), 1938 "Hinter dem Mond" (Behind the Moon), 1942 "Konradin. Das summende Lied der Arbeit von Vater, Sohn und Enkel" (Konradin. The humming song of father, son and grandson), 1943 "Jehanne", 1946 "Die Freundin" (The girlfriend), 1950 "Schlafende Prinzessinnen. Erzählung" (Sleeping princesses. Narrative), 1950 "Leute am See" (People at the lake), 1951 "Verzauberte Welt. Ein Lesebuch" (Enchanted world. A reading book) "Erzählungen" (Stories)