author
Ida Frohnmeyer
1882–1968
Born in India and raised in Switzerland and Germany, this quiet but widely read writer drew on faith, travel, and everyday life to create stories for children and families. She is also remembered for her long friendship with Hermann Hesse and for a body of work shaped by warmth, observation, and Christian belief.
2 Audiobooks
Hansi
by Ida Frohnmeyer
Und die ihr alle meine Brüder seid
by Ida Frohnmeyer
About the author
Born on December 31, 1882, in Calicut, India, Ida Frohnmeyer was the daughter of missionaries connected with the Basel Mission. She grew up in Switzerland and Germany, and as a girl she spent time in Calw with the family of Hermann Hesse, beginning a close friendship that lasted for many years.
She trained as a kindergarten teacher and later worked as an educator, editor, and writer. Her books included stories for children and families, and reference sources describe her as a German-Swiss author whose writing was strongly shaped by Protestant Christian life and experience.
After 1933 she lived in Basel, where she remained until her death on August 29, 1968. Her life and work are still noted in Swiss literary and historical archives, where she is remembered as a thoughtful author whose books reflected both personal experience and a deep sense of spiritual life.