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Rea Brändle

1953 – 2019

Swiss writer

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Lived 1953 – 2019 (aged 66). Rea Brändle was a Swiss writer, non-fiction writer, journalist and editing staff.

Rea Brändle (1 May 1953 – 2 September 2019) was a Swiss journalist and writer.

Biography Brändle was born on 1 May 1953 in Neu St. Johann. She grew up in upper Toggenburg. After she completed her German studies, she became a cultural editor and journalist for Tages-Anzeiger. 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 in Zürich. 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, Chronos Verlag, 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: Lichtensteig, 2009

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

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Who was Rea Brändle?

Swiss writer (1953-2019)

When was Rea Brändle born?

Rea Brändle was born on 1 May 1953 in Nesslau-Krummenau.

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Rea Brändle died on 2 September 2019 in Zurich.

What was Rea Brändle's occupation?

Rea Brändle was a writer, non-fiction writer, journalist and editing staff.

What nationality was Rea Brändle?

Rea Brändle was Swiss.

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