Erich Ludwig Biberger

Erich Ludwig Biberger (born July 20, 1927 in Passau ; † April 5, 2002 in Regensburg ) was a German writer, journalist, editor and founder and director of the Regensburg International Literature Days. He also published under the abbreviation El Bi .

Life

Biberger was born in the Grubweg district of Passau . He first attended the municipal business school and began an apprenticeship as an electrician in his father's company after the Second World War .

During this time he published his first poems and reviews. In addition to his job, he worked as a freelancer for various newspapers and as a local editor. From 1969 to 1996 he was head of the Regensburg Writers' Group International and was the founder and head of the Regensburg International Literature Days. For many years he was a member of the cultural advisory board of the city of Regensburg and in 1969 co-founder of the Upper Palatinate Cultural Association (OKB). Biberger wrote mainly poetry, narrative and philosophizing prose, essays and aphorisms.

Publications

• Triad of Silence: Poems. Walhalla and Praetoria Verlag , Regensburg. 1958.
• Tour over the Northern Lights: Atomic Age Tale. Walhalla and Praetoria Verlag, Regensburg. 1958.
• The dream wave. Lassleben, Kallmünz . 1962.
• Because in the universe of the world: poems. Lassleben, Kallmünz. 1966.
• Duadu or The Man in the Moon: Fantasies in the form of a radio play . Lassleben, Kallmünz. 1967.
• Quer: Poetry anthology (edited together with Hermann Kuprian and others). Lassleben, Kallmünz. 1974.
• Quite a few: cheerful to satirical rhymes. Lassleben, Kallmünz. 1980.
• Other ways to Zitterluft: a lyrical alphabet. Lassleben, Kallmünz. 1982.
• What is the reed here, what is the heron? : Poems in haiku form. (with woodcuts by Heinz Theuerjahr ) Lassleben, Kallmünz. 1984.
• Nothing but the sea: poems. 1985. (translated into Dutch by Elisabeth Augustin and Willem Enzinck : Niets dan de zee )
• Fantasy sanctuary: Haiku in German and Latin. Lassleben, Kallmünz. 1998. (Latin adaptation: Oskar Raith )
• Three millimeters of the globe: poems; German / Romanian. Lassleben, Kallmünz. 1999. (translated into Romanian by Maria Banuș )
• God is not so petty: aphorisms, dedications, thoughts. Lassleben, Kallmünz. 2009. (edited by Maria Biberger)

Text contributions

• Hans Lambert Heinrichs : Sea time: the sea has time. Hochstein et al. Co., Heidelberg. 1965.
• Ernst Kutzer : Düstere Fahrt: 5 songs; based on poems by Erich Ludwig Biberger; for deep voice and guitar. Verlag Josef Preissler, Munich, 1988.

Awards

• 1974: Nordgau Culture Prize from the city of Amberg

Web links

• Literature by and about Erich Ludwig Biberger in the catalog of the German National Library
• JK:  Biberger, Erich Ludwig . Entry in the database of the Oberpfälzer Kulturbund (currently not available)
• Biberger, Erich Ludwig in International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004 , Europa Publications, Psychology Press, 2003