Werner Kaegi
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1901 – 1979
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Who was Werner Kaegi?
Werner Kaegi was a Swiss historian. He is best known for a single work, a biography of Jacob Burkhardt. This appeared in seven volumes, from 1947 to 1982.
He was recipient of the Gottfried-Keller-Preis and the Erasmus Prize.
He had for wife the catholic mystic and stigmatist Adrienne von Speyr. Her spiritual director and friend, the theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar, kept a journal during many years about her life in which details regarding her relationship with Werner Kaegi can be found. This journal was later edited in 3 volumes under the name "Erde und himmel".
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- Born
- Feb 22, 1901
Oetwil am See - Spouses
- Adrienne von Speyr
(1936 - )
- Adrienne von Speyr
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Died
- Jun 15, 1979
Basel
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on July 23, 2013
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