Paul Sutermeister

Paul Sutermeister
One of Paul Sutermeister's most well-known portraits
Born	(1864-06-06)6 June 1864 Küsnacht, Switzerland
Died	2 February 1905(1905-02-02) (aged 40) Bern, Switzerland
Occupation	Pastor and writer
Notable works	Der Dorfkaiser

Paul Sutermeister (6 June 1864, in Küsnacht – 2 February 1905, in Bern) was a Swiss theologian, pastor and contributing editor of the Berner Tagblatt.

Biography

Paul Sutermeister's father was Otto Sutermeister; his family came from Zofingen.^[1] He attended high school in Berne and studied theology at the universities of Basel and Göttingen.^[1] He began his sermon in the Appenzell region.^[1] “His popular book ‘Der Dorfkaiser’, in which he criticized sharply the lottery and the ruthless exploitation of vulnerable people by the village magnate [...] costed him his job as a pastor in Walzenhausen and led him to the activity in the daily press.”^[1] As foreign editor Sutermeister came to the Berner Tagblatt, “edited the Saturday supplement, Berner Heim, and concerned the coverage of concerts and clubs.”^[1] For some time he was editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine Fürs Schweizerhaus and later of the Basel published Christian entertainment magazine Fürs Heim.”^[1] “As a writer, Sutermeister showed an insightful and intimate view of our national life, without overlooking its dark side.”^[1] Sutermeister died of pneumonia.^[1] He was married to Mathilde Fontannaz and had children.

Bibliography

Der Dorfkaiser. Vollmann, Zurich 1898 (Verein für Verbreitung guter Schriften, Zürich. Vol. 29). (Reprint: EOD Network, 2011. ISBN 978-3-226-00188-4 )
Ein Vierteljahrhundert Missionsarbeit im südlichen Afrika: Züge aus der Mission romande [de]. Georg Bridel, Lausanne 1898.
Meta Heusser-Schweizer: Lebensbild einer christlichen Dichterin. Basel 1898 (Reben am Weinstock. Vol. 8). (Reprint: EOD Network, 2011. ISBN 978-3-226-00872-2 )
Burenfrauen: Épisode aus dem Burenkriege. Free translation from a drama of Virgile Rossel. Buchdruckerei des Berner Tagblatts, Bern 1901. (Reprint: EOD Network, 2011. ISBN 978-3-226-00938-5 )

Secondary Literature

† Paul Sutermeister. In: Der Bund, 56. Jahrgang, Nr. 60, 5 February 1905.
Zum Andenken an Herrn Pfarrer Paul Sutermeister, Redaktor: Gestorben am 2 February 1905. Bern: Buchdruckerei des Berner Tagblatt, 1905. 22 pages. With contributions by pastor Baumgartner, Johannes Howald and H. Hugendubel. (Reprint: EOD Network, 2011. ISBN 978-3-226-00947-7 ) (Online)