Faesi, Robert (1883–1972)

Swiss poet, novelist, and playwright. His tragedy Odysseus und Nausikaa 1911, the drama Opferspiel 1925, and comedies Die offenen Türen 1911 and Die Fassade 1918, are of a quality unusual in the Swiss theatre. Faesi's novels include Die Stadt der Vater 1941 and Die Stadt der Freiheit 1944. In 1928 he received the Swiss Schiller Prize for his collection of poems, Der brennende Busch.

Faesi was professor of German literature at Zürich University 1922–53. As literary historian he wrote on A E Fröhlich, Paul Ernst, Carl Spitteler, Rainer Maria Rilke, C F Mayer, and Thomas Mann; he also produced Gestalten und Wandlungen schweizerischer Dichtung 1922. He was awarded the Zürich Literaturpreis 1946.