Eckhard Erxleben

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Eckhard Erxleben (born March 12, 1944 in Stendal ) is a German writer and poet from the Altmark .

job

Erxleben grew up in Schorstedt in the Altmark region . After finishing school and studying, he obtained a diploma in education. In this subject, as well as in literature and communication, he taught adult education for several decades.

author

In 1999 he published his first volume of poetry.

But he was able to record his greatest success as an idea generator and initiator of an international poetry competition: the Silberberg Prize. The result was around 2000 submissions from over 20 countries on the subject of “home”. Erxleben donated the prize and a very demanding competition edition with the best 62 submissions together with his literary circle of friends and supported by the Altmärkischer Heimatbund and the interest group of German-speaking authors (IgdA). He also organizes haiku project days at schools, haiku seminars, literature workshops and poetry therapies.

Erxleben is married and has two children.

Prizes and awards

  • IgdA sponsorship award, 2004
  • Art Prize of the Hanseatic City of Osterburg 2013
  • Rudolf-Descher-Feder 2014 (highest award of the international interest group of German-speaking authors)

Poems

Ick kiek ut Fäster. And what do I see buten? Neighbors peeks too.

convocation
cold on the tile stove leaning in leather boots in such once his father died never forget the tears of the mother kachelofen on that tomorrow at the cold still uncombed hair


from poetry album new Against the War

Basis for 2nd poetry film competition

the Society for Contemporary Poetry

Also in the audio book Black Fears

Works

  • "Tree words veiled in blue"; Poetry, 1999
  • "Wild and free like you"; Children's book, 2000
  • "The skin of the plane tree"; Roman, 2001
  • "Traumlese"; Poetry, 2003
  • "Summer whispers on the autumn beach"; Poetry; 2009
  • “Echo of the moment. Haiku "; Poetry; 2009
  • anthologically in: Poetry album new (Ed .: Ralph Grüneberger ): Issues 02/2009, 02/2010, 01/2011, 01/2012, 01/2013
  • The Purzel-Purzel bedtime story, 2016

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Erxleben, Eckhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Stendal