Authors' circle Ruhr-Mark

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The Authors 'Circle Ruhr-Mark eV is one of the oldest independent authors' associations in Germany.

The Union

The association was founded in 1961 by Hans Schulz-Fielbrandt and Richard Althaus and is based in Hagen .

The founding meeting took place on October 28, 1961 in the Hotel Deutsches Haus in Gevelsberg , at that time still under the name "Circle of companions".

The circle of authors has been a registered association since 1978 .

The goal of the association is

"... to optimize the quality of one's own literary work through mutual exchange and constructive criticism, to take a socio-political position outwardly, but also to convey the idea of ​​poetry and time-critical prose to the public via the literary channel."

- Brigitta Willer

The association has around 40 members from the Ruhr area and the Mark (and the respective surroundings) with very different backgrounds.

Many of the current and former club members have made a name for themselves beyond the region with their publications. The former members include the well-known writer Alfred Müller-Felsenburg , and a number of association members have already been awarded the Alfred-Müller-Felsenburg Prize for upright literature named after him .

Around every two years, the group of authors publishes an anthology, each of which takes a position on a selected problem. In 2011, the year of the 50th anniversary of the association, the anniversary anthology “Streifzüge” was published, a retrospective on the years of joint work that also recalls critical debates.

In addition, the authors' group plans and realizes literary competitions and organizes public readings with different focuses.

Ruhr-Mark Literature Prize

In 2013 the association announced the “Ruhr-Mark Literature Prize”. Applicants from the Ennepe-Ruhr district, the Märkisches Kreis and neighboring places of residence as well as from the cities of Hagen and Schwerte were eligible to participate. Unpublished texts could be submitted; the relevance to the present, originality and linguistic design were essential assessment criteria. At the award ceremony, which took place on February 27, 2014 in Hohenlimburg, the following were honored:

In the area of ​​prose
  • Peter Teuchert, Witten (1st place)
  • Michael Lange, Ennepetal (2nd place)
  • Nijanani Novalinga, Schwelm and Marmora / Canada (3rd place)
In the field of poetry
  • Michael Starcke , Bochum (1st place)
  • Christiane Röper, Iserlohn (2nd place)
  • Bernd Kämper, Iserlohn (3rd place)

The winners' texts were published in the “Prisma” anthology, the award was also endowed with small monetary prizes and the winners were invited to become members of the association.

Publications

Anthologies

Known current and former members

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Brigitta Willer: The authors introduce themselves. In: www.autorenkreis-ruhr-mark.de. Retrieved June 10, 2018 .
  2. ^ Alfred Müller-Felsenburg : Literature archive moves to the Gevelsberg city archive. In: Westfälische Rundschau. August 5, 2005, accessed June 10, 2018 .
  3. ↑ record at the German National Library DNB 004657985 , accessed on 10 June 2018th
  4. ↑ Brigitta Willer: 2011: 50 years of the Ruhr-Mark authors' circle. In: Gevelsberg Jahresmagazin 2011. 2011, p. 13 , accessed on June 19, 2018 .
  5. ↑ a b Register of Associations VR 1438, AG Hagen
  6. ↑ a b c Alfred Müller Felsenburg Prize goes to Safiye Can , Blog of the Authors' Circle Ruhr-Mark, November 20, 2016, accessed on June 16, 2018
  7. ↑ a b c d e Member Gerd-H Dörken receives literature prize , blog of the Authors' Circle Ruhr-Mark, December 2, 2011, accessed on June 16, 2018
  8. ↑ a b Announcement for the literature competition , blog of the Authors' Circle Ruhr-Mark, March 5, 2013, accessed on June 16, 2018
  9. ^ Literaturpreis Ruhr-Mark , lokalkompass.de, accessed on June 18, 2018
  10. ↑ Ruhr-Mark Literature Prize , Blog of the Ruhr-Mark Authors' Circle, January 21, 2014, accessed on June 16, 2018
  11. ↑ Eva Hieber: Like colorful and luminous rays from a prism. In: Westfalenpost. March 3, 2014, accessed June 18, 2018 .
  12. ^ Richard Althaus in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
  13. ^ Alfred Müller-Felsenburg: In memoriam Hans Schulz-Fielbrandt . In: Heimatbuch Hagen and Mark 2001, 42nd year . ardenkuverlag, Hagen 2000, ISBN 3-932070-23-2 , p. 214.
  14. ^ A b c Alfred Müller-Felsenburg : Hans Schulz-Fielbrandt. A literary "companion". Attempt an appreciation . In: Heimatbuch Hagen and Mark 1992, 33rd year . Linnepe, Hagen 1991, ISBN 3-89431-019-7 , pp. 183-186.
  15. ↑ a b New Board of Directors in the Authors 'Circle , Blog of the Authors' Circle Ruhr-Mark, February 28, 2016, accessed on June 16, 2018
  16. ↑ Invitation to the Annual General Meeting , Blog of the Authors' Circle Ruhr-Mark, January 4, 2016, accessed on June 16, 2018
  17. ^ Authors' circle Ruhr-Mark in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
  18. ↑ Hans Schulz-Fielbrandt in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
  19. ↑ In memory of Nevzat Yalcin , Blog of the Authors' Circle Ruhr-Mark, November 4, 2012, accessed on June 16, 2018