Aline Valangin

Aline Valangin was a Swiss writer, pianist, and psychoanalyst. She was follower of Carl Jung.
Together with Vladimir Rosenbaum in Comologno, she helped and played host to migrant writers like Ignazio Silone, Ernst Toller, and Kurt Tucholsky.
In 1931, she fell in love with Silone while reading what became his masterpiece, the novel Fontamara, and helping him publish it.
She was later married to Russian-born Swiss composer Wladimir Vogel.

Works

Dictées, éditions Sagesse, Paris 1936Geschichten vom Tal, Girsberger, Zürich 1937L'Amande clandestine, éditions GLM, Paris 1939Tessiner Novellen, Girsberger, Zürich 1939Die Bargada. Eine Chronik, Büchergilde Gutenberg, Zürich 1940Casa Conti. Roman, Hallwag, Bern 1941Victoire oder Die letzte Rose. Roman, Steinberg, Zürich 1946Reflets, écrivains réunis, Lyon 1956Raum ohne Kehrreim / Espace sans refrain. Gedichte. Mit drei Scherenschnitten von Hans Arp, Tschudy, St. Gallen 1961Traumschalmei. Göttinnen – Einkehr – Der Stylit. Gedichte, Karlsruher Bote, Karlsruhe 1969Tagebuch aus Israel. Gedichte, Karlsruher Bote, Karlsruhe 1970Aussagen. Gedichte, Karlsruher Bote, Karlsruhe 1971Vers et revers, Latvia, o.O. 1978Die Silberflöte. Zwei psychologische Tessiner Novellen, Sisyphos, Zürich 1980Dorf an der Grenze, Limmat, Zürich 1982