Brigitta Weiss
Brigitta Weiss (born May 30, 1949 in Wetzlar ; † July 2, 2013 ) was a German writer .
Life
Brigitta Weiss was the daughter of a farmer . She grew up on her parents' farm . After graduating from school in 1967 , she studied Protestant theology at the universities in Bielefeld , Frankfurt am Main and Munich , and after moving to the University of Giessen, she also studied German and English . She dropped out of college for family reasons. Since 1975 she has lived as a freelance writer in Bad Lauterberg in the Harz region .
Brigitta Weiss' work consists mainly of poems .
She was a member of the Association of German Writers , the PEN Center Germany , the Interest Group of German-Speaking Authors (IGdA) and the Innsbruck Society of Poetry Friends . In 2004 she received the Rudolf-Descher-Feder of the interest group of German-speaking authors.
Works
- Quicksand , Stein Maßl, Schnaitsee 1988, ISBN 3-88684-012-3
- Irrlicht , Stein Maßl, Schnaitsee 1989, ISBN 3-88684-082-4
- Aufwind , Schnaitsee 1992
- Give everything a little time. Renga and partner poems , with René Marti, W. Hager, Stolzalpe 1993, ISBN 3-900578-45-1
- Nord-Südlicher Divan , Munich 1995 (together with Klaus Simon)
- Selected poems , Innsbruck 1997 (together with Elfriede Margreiter)
- Nachtmahd , Edition L., Hockenheim 2000, ISBN 3-930045-91-5
- Härmelin , Historische Edition Carl, Vellmar 2001, ISBN 3-9806580-8-2
- Leumond , with calligraphy by Yujie Lie, Zwiebelzwerg-Verlag, Willebadessen 2006, ISBN 978-3-931123-99-4
- Kleemut , with calligraphy by Yujie Lie, Zwiebelzwerg-Verlag, Willebadessen 2007, ISBN 978-3-938368-30-5
Web links
- Literature by and about Brigitta Weiss in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry at lesenswert.de
- Laudation by Gabriele von Hippel-Schäfer
- Communication from the Rilke Society
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weiss, Brigitta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wetzlar |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd of July 2013 |