Meinrad Lienert

After finishing his studies of law, Lienert became notary in his native town of Einsiedeln. Together with two partners he then took over the local newspaper Einsiedler Anzeiger in 1891 and became its editor. In 1899 he moved to Zürich where he was initially the editor of the newspaper Die Limmat but later established himself as an independent writer. In 1919 he returned to journalism becoming the editor of the "Zürcher Volkszeitung". In the same year he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich. In 1923 he returned to his native town of Einsiedeln. On 26 December 1933 he died in Küsnacht. Meinrad Lienert published his first stories in Swiss German in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.