Hans Zulliger

Hans Zulliger (February 21, 1893 in Mett/Mache, today part of Biel/Bienne, Canton of Bern – October 18, 1965 in Ittigen) was a Swiss teacher, child psychoanalyst and author.

He is remembered for his pioneer work of applying psychoanalytical practices into the education of school children, mostly from rural, working-class and under-privileged environments.

Zulliger enthusiastically studied the works of Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler, subsequently becoming an analysand to Swiss theologian and lay psychoanalyst Oskar Pfister.

After World War II, Zulliger's work contributed to the re-kindling of psychoanalytic instruction in Europe.

Both types of books have been translated and published in altogether 13 foreign languages (apart from German), including English, Spanish, French and Italian.