Sergius Golowin

Sergius Golowin (January 31, 1930, in Prague, Czech Republic - July 17, 2006, in Berne, Switzerland) was a Berne writer, myths researcher, librarian, and publicist.

Life

Sergius Golowin was born 1930 in Prague, Czech Republic. In 1933, he and his mother, poet Alla von Steiger,went back to Switzerland, while Golowin’s father, a Russian sculptor, lived in Paris without the family.

After his schooldays, Golowin was a library assistant at the "Berner Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek" (literally: "Berne City- and University-Library"). He took part in the "Jugendbewegung". He participated one of Berne’s subcultural discussion circle of the fifties, "Tägel-Leist". From 1957 to 1968 Golowin worked as an archivist in Burgdorf. From 1971 to 1981 he was a "Grossrat" (a political office) of the party "Landesring der Unabhängigen" (was established by Gottlieb Duttweiler and others). In his LdU office, Golowin spoke out for youth culture and to solve ecologic problems. Afterwards, he was a free writer near Berne.

Sergius Golowin wrote numerous books and articles preferably about folklore and esoterism. For his merits in folklore and exploring the culture of those outsider men, who live at the borders of society, he got awarded with the price of the Schweizerische Schillerstiftung in 1974.

Sergius Golowin was a contemporary witness of many famous people and events: He helped Timothy Leary when in Swiss exile, was a friend of Friedrich Dürrenmatt andgot portrayed by H.R. Giger. Golowin was at the first gig of
Polo Hofers legendary Berne band "Rumpelstilz" and the band featured Golowin's election campaign. He even knew Martin "Tino" Schippert, founder of the Swiss
Hells Angels.

In 1973 Golowin and the Band "die Kosmischen Kurieren" with Klaus Schulze made the record"Lord Krishna von Goloka". The record had improvised electronic sound with voice recordings of Golowin.

External links

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* [http://www.a-d-s.ch/d/lexikon/edit/detail_a.php?id_autor=664 Bibliography]
* [http://www.espace.ch/artikel_237427.html Necrology by Charles Cornu]
* [http://www.weltwoche.ch/artikel/?AssetID=14525&CategoryID=66 Necrology by Bernhard Giger]

Persondata
NAME=Golowin, Sergius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Swiss publicist and myth researcher
DATE OF BIRTH=Januar 31, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH=Prague, Czech Republic
DATE OF DEATH=Juli 17, 2006
PLACE OF DEATH=Berne, Switzerland