Eveline Hasler

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. 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 Glarus. She studied psychology and history at the University of Fribourg and in Paris, and worked as a teacher for a short time in St. Gallen. She also worked in television. She has written novels (for adults) and children's books which have been translated into many languages. 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.

Hasler was awarded a Schiller Foundation prize for her first novel Novemberinsel (November Island).

Her literary estate is archived in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern.

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.