Eveline Hasler
Swiss writer (born 1933)
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.
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