Post by benziger on Jan 11, 2021 22:24:36 GMT
Selina Chönz (born 1910 in Samedan; †2000 ibid.) was a kindergarten teacher and a Swiss author in the Romansh speaking part of the Swiss Alps. Her best-known work is "A Bell for Ursli", a children's book illustrated by Alois Carigiet. She wrote six books. For the three children's books she was able to win the Swiss artist Alois Carigiet. In the years 1940-1945, he repeatedly came to Guarda for two months at a time, where the drawings for the book "A Bell for Ursli" were created in the Chönz house. The neighbouring house, Chasa 51, served him as a model for the Ursli house in the book. This is how one of the most famous Swiss picture books came into being. "A Bell for Ursli" was sold over a million times after the Second World War. Today, the 32nd edition of the German translation is in the shops. There are translations in at least 14 languages...
This book is not published by me, but by Orell Füssli, a Swiss publisher etablished in 1519 and today owned by the Swiss National Bank, as OF prints also the Swiss bank notes.
In this short film from the Swiss German Broadcasting Company (SRF/SRG idée Suisse) you can see some pictures (paintings and how it is real) - don't listen to the text, it is a mix up of Swiss High German, Grisons Alemanic, Under Engadine Romanch and some other Alemanic.
This book is not published by me, but by Orell Füssli, a Swiss publisher etablished in 1519 and today owned by the Swiss National Bank, as OF prints also the Swiss bank notes.
