Hedwig Anneler (February 5, 1888, Thun — May 8, 1969, Givrins, canton of Vaud) was a Swiss ethnologist and writer.[1] She was married to Léonard Jenni.[2]
Hedwig Anneler's father was Franz Ludwig Anneler (*1847). He was a letterpress printer and manufacturer of letterpress rollers. Her mother was Marie Anneler, née Beck from Neuhausen. Hedwig grew up with three siblings. She studied history at the University of Bern and completed her studies in 1912 with a PhD in philosophy. In the following years, she engaged in intensive folklore studies of the Lötschental, which form the basis of her work Lötschen. She also published fiction works, some of which were influenced by Expressionism. As early as the 1930s, Anneler campaigned for a relaxation of the restrictive Swiss asylum practice. Her most important literary work, the novel Blanche Gamond, depicts the fates of victims of Huguenot persecution and expulsion in the 17th century. By the time of her death, the author had already been largely forgotten.
