Eveline Hasler
Eveline Hasler is a Swiss writer. She has written novels 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.
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 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 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.
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 presents the life of Emily Kempin, 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."
Hasler was awarded a Schiller Foundation prize for her first novel Novemberinsel. 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 Swiss Literary Archives in Bern.