WORK-IN-PROGRESS: HELENE SCHWEITZER
IN MY WORLD, 2013 IS ALL ABOUT THE SCHWEITZER CENTENNIAL (1913-2013)

March 2013 marks 100 years since Albert and Helene Schweitzer Bresslau left their European life in the Alsace region of France (then Germany) to establish the Schweizter Hospital in what is, today, the independent nation of Gabon, West Africa. There on the banks of the Ogooue River they created a remarkable international institution that remains one of the most modern healthcare facilities in the region. I am currently working on a book of essays on the life of Helene Schweitzer Bresslau (1879-1957) and have agreed to offer Syracuse University Press exclusive rights to review the final manuscript later this year. Meanwhile, I have a few publications coming out soon related to this timely topic:
...« 100 Years of Lambarene » in Hello Switzerland, spring 2013.
...« Helene Schweitzer – Une âme en deux mondes » in a French magazine titled Saisons d’Alsace, spring 2013. [Article title translates as “Helene Schweitzer – One Soul in Two Worlds”]
...« Avec Hélène – Sur les traces de Madame Albert Schweitzer. » This paper will be in the published proceedings, Actes de Colloque : Image, mythe, et histoire, of a Colloquium held in Munster, France, in March sponsored by the French Schweitzer Association. [The (working) title of my paper translates literally as, “With Helen – In the Footsteps of Mrs. Albert Schweitzer”]
...«Wie Amerika Albert Schweitzer kennen lernte» addresses “How Albert Schweitzer Became Known in America” and will appear as a chapter in the forthcoming Second Edition of Jo & Walter Munz’s book (see below).

LINKS TO SCHWEITZER ORGANIZATIONS:
http://www.schweitzer.org
http://www.albert-schweitzer-zentrum.de
http://www.albert-schweitzer-weimar.de
http://www.schweitzershospitalfund.org.uk
http://www.hashaiti.org
http://www.schweitzerfellowship.org
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-centers/albert-schweitzer-institute/



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http://www.educavision.com
http://www.alondrapress.com
http://www.AshlandCreekPress.com

Tales from the Heart of Haiti includes nine short stories, each with its own moral dilemma. This collection, minus the final story that I added later, was a finalist in the 2008 Paris Prize for Fiction. The book, and a Teacher's Guide created to go with it, can be ordered from America's premier Haitian-American publishing house, Educa Vision Inc., by contacting www.educavision.com	This Teachers Guide is meant to be used by teachers of high school or college, and/or book club leaders. It includes historical background, discussion questions, analysis frameworks, and ideas for research projects. Available from www.educavision.com
Island Journeys: Exploring the Legacy of France includes seven essays on islands with French connections. In each case, I focus on the culture, history, and unique experience of "floating worlds" that are faraway and yet within reach, at least for the armchair traveler. This book was a finalist in the Writers' League of Texas Nonfiction Book Awards (2009). Please order from www.alondrapress.com	My first book-length translation came out in 2010 from Penobscot Press. This combination of memoir, history, and biography was authored by Jo and Walter Munz, and first appeared in German and French. Albert Schweitzer's Lambarene - A Legacy of Humanity for Our World Today is available from www.alondrapress.com
This memoir-essay published as a "Kindle Short" by Ashland Creek Press works with the metaphor of "shards" as I revisit the personal history of divorce played against the history of Gaza. To order (for Kindle or as a .pdf) please go to Amazon or see the link to Ashland Creek Press above.	Rousseau's Refuge and Other Essays Out of Switzerland includes six essays that go beneath the surface of life in Switzerland. Some have been published elsewhere, but appear here as a Kindle Edition collection. As with my other "travel essays," these writings weave elements of art, literature, culture, and ideas with my personal observations of daily life. Available at a Kindle near you!