Isabelle Kaiser

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.

Works

French

Poetry

French poems:

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

Novels and stories

Other works in French:

• 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

Her works in German include:

• 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)

References

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

External links

• Publications by and about Isabelle Kaiser in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library
• "Literary estate of Isabelle Kaiser". HelveticArchives. Swiss National Library.