Carl Guesmer

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Carl Guesmer (born May 14, 1929 in Kirch Grambow ; † March 4, 2009 in Schöningen ; actually: Karl Achim Waldemar Güsmer ) was a German poet and librarian.

Life

Carl Guesmer was born in Kirch Grambow in Mecklenburg and grew up in the Parchim rectory . In 1951 he went to West Germany and became a librarian in Marburg / Lahn.

In 1959 he published poems for the first time in Alfred Döblin's magazine Das Goldene Tor . His first two volumes of poetry appeared in the hermit press in 1954 and 1955. After retiring in 1994, he moved to Schöningen , choosing the geographical center between Marburg and Kirch Grambow. Here he committed suicide on March 4, 2009.

Guesmer was discovered and promoted by Alfred Döblin in 1948: “Your two poems arrived here. Thank you and we will be happy to reprint it soon. ”(Döblin to Guesmer, November 30, 1948). He made a name for himself as a natural poet, but also with lyrical prose sketches and essays. His volume Geschehen und Landschaft contains memories of his childhood in Mecklenburg.

In 1962, Guesmer received the Lessing Prize from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and in 1976 the Andreas Gryphius Prize from the City of Düsseldorf.

Works

  • Spring of the moment , Hermit Press 1954
  • Event and loneliness . Hermit Press, Stierstadt im Taunus 1955
  • Shaded by minutes . Limes, Wiesbaden 1957
  • Everyday life in cirrus script . German publishing house, Stuttgart 1960
  • Time drift . New poems. Stuttgart 1965
  • Events and landscape . Lyric prose. G. Müller, Munich 1967
  • Roof autumn . G. Müller, Munich 1970
  • Retreating low . Munich 1974
  • Selection. Poems 1949-1979 . Munich 1979
  • Play from a distance . Baumann, Kulmbach 1985, ISBN 3-922091-13-X
  • In the worn out summer . Baumann, Kulmbach 1992, ISBN 3-922091-23-7
  • Tree tops with traces of September . Baumann, Kulmbach 1999, ISBN 3-922091-52-0
  • Waves deserted from the sea . Baumann, Kulmbach 2005, ISBN 3-922091-91-1

literature

  • Landscape and moment. On the 50th birthday of the poet Carl Guesmer on May 14, 1979. Writings of the Marburg University Library, Marburg 1979.
  • Andreas Gryphius Prize Winner 1976/77. Published by the Esslingen Artists' Guild and the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf 1979.
  • Nicolai Riedel: Carl Guesmer. In: Killy Literature Lexicon. Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. 2nd, completely revised edition (Vol. 4: Fri – Hap.), Berlin / New York 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-021389-8 , p. 509 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Guesmer, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guesmer, Karl Achim Waldemar (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirch Grambow
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 2009
Place of death Schöningen