Fanny Marie Hegi-Walser, born Walser
* 15. November 1882, † 26. February 1972
Dental technician

Trained as a dental technician in Bern around 1900, lived with Hermann Walser for a time, then moved to different places in Switzerland due to her job. 1926 marriage to Arnold Hegi, with whom she emigrates to Latvia. Returns to Switzerland in 1940 and lives in Tromwil in the canton of Bern. Lives in Wabern near Bern from the 1950s.

Literary traces in Der Teich (Klara) (written 1902); Fanny (1912); “Felix”-Szenen (Flori) (written 1925); Der Saubub (1932).

From: Robert Walser-Handbuch, ed. by Lucas Marco Gisi, 2015, p. 17-18