Arnold Leifert
.jpg)
Arnold Leifert (born November 24, 1940 in Soest , Westphalia ; † September 6, 2012 ) was a German writer .
Life
Arnold Leifert studied German , philosophy and Protestant theology from 1961 after graduating from high school . From 1970 he was a religion teacher at the Montessori high school in Cologne . From 1987 to 1996 he was a teacher at a secondary school in Overath , after which he was a freelance writer . From 1974 he lived on a farm in the Bergisch Much .
Arnold Leifert was active as a writer since the 1960s . He was the author of poems , stories , essays and radio plays as well as translated from English and Dutch . He was also active in the literary life of the city of Siegburg , where he headed a literary workshop from 1981 and was a member of the jury of the Rheinisches Literaturpreis Siegburg . In the 1970s Leifert presented his texts on a tour with the German rock - band Franz K. , in the 1980s, he worked with the group he founded Hohn live together and in 1995 he joined with the accordionist Cathrin Pfeifer. Since 2004, the outdoor presentation of panels with poems by Leifert has formed the Lyrikweg , a hiking trail in the municipality of Much. Arnold Leifert was a member of the Association of German Writers , the PEN Center of the Netherlands and the Berlin Working Group on Literature Around the World .
Awards
- 1976 Prize for Literature from the City of Cologne
- 1989 Environmental Literature Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1994 Wolfen Literature Prize
- 1996 Haidhauser Workshop Prize from the Munich Literature Office
Works
- Signals in case of defense , poems. S. Fischer Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 1974
- So that the stone grows , poems. Horlemann Verlag , Unkel / Rhein [u. a.] 1994
- Nature? - Ally with what is left. An essay. Bad Honnef: Horlemann 1996
- When we're awake enough , poems. Horlemann Verlag, Unkel / Rhein [u. a.] 1997
- You could just saddle the horse , poem. Edition Wort und Bild, Bochum 2001
- Hopefully the snow , poems from three decades. Edition Wort und Bild, Bochum 2002
- Nettle reserves. Lyric & accordion. With Cathrin Pfeifer. Unkel (Rhein) / Bad Honnef: Horlemann 2003 (Audio-CD)
- Signals in case of defense. Poems and an essay with pictures by Eitel Schwarzer. Munich: Allitera 2004 (Lyrik Edition 2000) - extended new edition of the volume from 1974
- Installation Lyrikweg Much (2004)
- Why literature? - The literary text as an incident , essay ( online ). Glarean Magazine 2008
- The certainty of the walnuts , poetry. Poetry edition 2000 , Munich 2010
Anthologies and literary journals (selection)
- Ralph Grüneberger (ed.) / Society for Contemporary Poetry . New poetry album . Edition 1/2011.
Editing
- Mondays , Siegburg 2002
Translations
- ... and a plague on the streets : Young Nigerian poetry, Horlemann Verlag, Unkel / Rhein [u. a.] 1996 (with Karin Clark)
Web links
- Literature by and about Arnold Leifert in the catalog of the German National Library
- Arnold jun. Leifert in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
Individual evidence
- ^ Lyrik & Akkordeion together with Cathrin Pfeifer ( Memento of May 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 23, 2011
- ↑ Arnold Leifert the Lyrikweg Much, accessed 23 January 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leifert, Arnold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Soest , Westphalia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 2012 |