Bärbel Klässner
Bärbel Klässner (born October 16, 1960 in Magdeburg ) is a German poet and prose writer .
Life
Bärbel Klässner studied social psychology from 1979 to 1982 at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. In the 80s she got involved in the opposition movement within the Evangelical Church of the GDR. In Jena she co-edited the illegal newspaper "Frau anders". She has been leading writing groups and workshops since 1995. She lives as a freelance writer in Essen.
Bärbel Klässner writes poetry and prose. Her poems have been retouched and published in Catalan (1998), Polish (2001) and Hungarian (2003).
Works (selection)
- Close to the tropic. Poems , series "Thuringia Library" ed. Wulf Kirsten , Hain-Verlag, Rudolstadt 1997
- At the end of the city. Poems , with graphics by Andreas Berner, ed. Literary Society of Thuringia, Weimar 2001
- The access is granted. Poems and running texts , Erata Literaturverlag, Leipzig 2008
- so night so lit Poetry & Love , edition AZUR , Dresden 2014
Scholarships and Awards
- 1995: Working grant from the Berlin Cultural Fund Foundation
- 1997: Scholarship from the Thuringian Ministry for Science, Research and Art
- 2010: Award from the Society for the Promotion of Westphalian Cultural Work in the competition "Don't tell fairy tales or defend Hans im Glück"
- 2011: Clara and Eduard Rosenthal scholarship from the city of Jena for literature and urban writing
- 2012: Prize winner in the postpoetry competition in North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2013: Harald Gerlach Literature Scholarship from the Free State of Thuringia
Memberships
- Literary Society Thuringia registered office in Weimar
- Association of German Writers VS in Ver.di
- Authors' Association eV
Web links
- Literature by and about Bärbel Klässner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bärbel Klässner website at www.baerbel-klaessner.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Vita Bärbel Klässner, Association of German Women Writers
- ↑ Bärbel Klässner - short biography at www.literaturport.de
- ↑ Bärbel Klässner - short biography at www.thueringer-literaturrat.de
- ^ Thuringian literary scholarship for Bärbel Klässner , Thüringer Allgemeine April 1, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klässner, Bärbel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German poet, prose writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |