Erika Burkart

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Erika Burkart , married Halter (born February 8, 1922 in Aarau , † April 14, 2010 in Muri AG ), was a Swiss writer .

Life

Erika Burkart's house on the Kapf

Erika Burkart was born in Aarau in 1922 and grew up in old houses near Aristau in Aargauer Freiamt - in Landhaus Kapf , the former summer residence of the prince abbots of Muri , converted into a wine and dining establishment . Her father, Walter Burkart (1883–1961), once a big game hunter in South America and the author of the book Der Reiherjäger vom Gran Chaco , looked after the restaurant, but over time he became his best guest himself. The mother, Marie Hedwig Glaser (1893–1972), worked as a teacher and secured the family's livelihood with other odd jobs. She introduced her two daughters to the realm of literature, especially legends and fairy tales.

After training as a primary school teacher at the Aarau teacher training college, Erika Burkart taught at various schools for a number of years - an activity that she had to give up in 1953 because of a heart disease. She herself felt liberated, and soon volumes of poetry were published at regular intervals, followed by novels and notes from 1970. In 2005 she was the first female author to receive the Grand Schiller Prize of the Swiss Schiller Foundation for her complete works.

Many of her poems were set to music by well-known composers, so u. a. by Gottfried von Eine , Rudolf Kelterborn , Gerd Kühr , Armin Schibler , János Tamás and Balz Trümpy .

Erika Burkart was married to the writer Ernst Halter until her death . Apart from a few longer stays and trips abroad, the couple lived in Landhaus Kapf near Aristau. She died on April 14, 2010 at the age of 88 in Muri in the canton of Aargau. Her estate is in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern .

Works

Volumes of poetry

  • The dark bird , Tschudy Verlag, St. Gallen 1953
  • Star companions , Tschudy Verlag, St. Gallen 1955
  • Ban and flight , Tschudy Verlag, St. Gallen 1956
  • Spirit of the hallways , Tschudy Verlag, St. Gallen 1958
  • The rescued earth , Tschudy Verlag, St. Gallen 1960
  • With the eyes of Kore , Tschudy Verlag, St. Gallen 1962
  • I live , Artemis Verlag , Zurich 1964
  • The yielding banks , Artemis Verlag, Zurich 1967
  • Remote crystal. Selected poems , Verlag an der Hartnau, Tobel (TG) 1972
  • The transparency of the shards , Benziger Verlag, Zurich 1973
  • The light in the clearing , Artemis Verlag, Zurich 1977
  • Eyewitness. Selected poems , Artemis Verlag, Zurich 1978
  • The freedom of the night , Artemis Verlag, Zurich 1981
  • Constellation of the Child , Artemis Verlag, Zurich 1984
  • Minute of silence , Artemis Verlag, Zurich 1988
  • I'm looking for the blue poppy , plant poems (flower pictures Max Löw), GS-Verlag, Basel 1989
  • The tenderness of shadows , Ammann Verlag , Zurich 1991
  • Quiet remote recall , Ammann Verlag, Zurich 1997
  • Slow movement , Ammann Verlag, Zurich 2002
  • Ortless proximity , Ammann Verlag, Zurich 2005
  • Secret letter , Ammann Verlag, Zurich 2009
  • Secret society of silence - an exchange of poetry from 15 years (or of the poetic dialogue in the virtual age); Poems by Erika Burkart and mischa vetere, t-edition, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-85631-103-2
  • The late recognition of the characters , Weissbooks.w Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2010
  • Nachtschicht / Schattenzone , Weissbooks.w Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2011, together with Ernst Halter ISBN 978-3-940888-14-3

Prose works

  • Moraine , Roman, Walter Verlag , Olten 1970
  • Somebody leaves , short stories, Benziger Verlag, Zurich 1972
  • Call distance , Artemis Verlag, Zurich 1975
  • The way to the sheep , novel, Artemis Verlag, Zurich 1979
  • The games of knowledge , Artemis Verlag, Zurich 1985
  • The shimmer of the wings , Ammann Verlag, Zurich 1994
  • Groundwater flow. Records , Ammann Verlag, Zurich 2000 ISBN 978-3-250-10416-2 , new edition: Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-942374-25-5
  • The Vicar , Ammann Verlag, Zurich 2006
  • At the window where night falls , records, Ed. Ernst Halter, Limmat Verlag , Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-85791-696-0

Awards (selection)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ APA: Erika Burkart died at the age of 88 , Der Standard , April 15, 2010 (accessed April 15, 2010)
  2. ↑ Erika Burkart . In: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 28/2009 of July 7, 2009 (accessed on April 15, 2010 via Munzinger Online )
personal data
SURNAME Burkart, Erika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Halter, Erika (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss poet
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Aarau
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 2010
Place of death Muri AG