Meinrad Lienert

Meinrad Lienert (1865–1933) was a Swiss poet and writer. Born in Einsiedeln, he studied law at the universities of Lausanne, Heidelberg, Munich and Zurich. He subsequently worked as a notary and editor in Einsiedeln, and later headed the editorial department of the newspaper Die Limmat in Zurich. From 1900, he worked as a freelance writer; in 1919, he returned to journalism for two years as an editor at the Zürcher Volkszeitung. His work includes poetry, fiction, novels and plays in Standard German and Swiss German dialect. He is regarded as one of the founders of Swiss dialect literature.