HUGGENBERGER, ALFRED (1867- ), Swiss poet and novelist, was born at Bewangen (Canton Zurich) on Dec. 26, 1867. Himself of peasant stock, he is one of the most masterly delineators of Swiss village life of to-day, both in prose and verse. Among his novels mention may be made of Die Bauern von Steig (1913), Die Geschichte des Heinrich Lenz (1915), Der Kampf mit dem Leben (1926), and Die Frauen von Siebenacker (1925). Dorfgenossen (1914) and Von den Kleinen Lenten (1910) are characteristic specimens of his shorter tales. His poetical power (at its best in the lyric) is well seen in Lieder and Balladen (1895), Hinterm Pflug (1908), Die Stille der Felder (1913), and Lebenstreue (1923). He has also written in dialect (Thurgovian), stories for children, and Der Brunnen der Heimat (1927), a volume of reminiscences.
See R. Hagni, Alfred Huggenberger: Personlichkeit and Werk (1927).
(J. F. M.)