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Isabelle Kaiser

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Isabelle Kaiserr, photograph by Johannes Meiner around 1899

Isabelle Kaiser (2 October 1866, in Beckenried – 17 February 1925, in Beckenried) was a Swiss writer who produced works in the French and German languages. She received the prize of the French Academy.[1]

Works

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French

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Poetry

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French poems:[1]

  • Ici-Bas (1888)
  • Sous les étoiles (“Under the stars,” 1890)
  • Des ailes (1897)
  • Le jardin clos (1912)

Novels and stories

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Other works in French:[1]

  • Cœur de femme (“Heart of a woman,”1891)
  • Sorcière (1895)
  • Héro (1898)
  • Notre père qui êtes aux cieux (“Our father who is in heaven,” 1899)
  • Vive le roi! (“Long live the king!,” 1903)
  • L'Eclair dans la voile (1907)
  • Marcienne de Fluë (1909)

German

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Her works in German include:[1]

  • Wenn die Sonne untergeht (“When the sun sets,” 1901), a novel
  • Mein Herz (“My heart,” 1908), poems
  • Die Friedensucherin (“A woman searching for peace,” 1908), a romance
  • Der wandernde See (1910)
  • Von ewiger Liebe (“On eternal love,” 1913)

Notes

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References

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  • Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Kaiser, Isabelle" . Encyclopedia Americana.
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