Fritz Woike
Fritz Woike (* 1890 in Breslau ; † 1962 in Opladen ) was a German poet . The focus of his work is the predominantly lyrical expression of religious experience . In addition, the poet thematized and reflected on experiences in the life of his large family , situations in work and unemployment and the opportunities for happiness in nature .
life and work
Fritz Woike grew up in Breslau under great privation in a large working-class family. He was trained as a gardener .
His turn to the Christian faith (1913) became significant for his later life . After a serious war wound in World War I in 1915, he therefore worked temporarily as an educator in the Inner Mission , but his marital status did not allow for additional training. In order to be able to provide for his rapidly growing family (marriage in 1918 to Elsa Woike , née Peucker, six children, including the biologist Dr. Siegfried Woike ), he left his Silesian homeland and finally took a job as a worker in Opladen ( Rhineland ) the local railway workshops, where he worked until his retirement.
In his spare time he wrote poetry for a growing readership on the subjects of nature, family and, above all, the area of religious experience. In the following decades he reached an interested audience in evangelical-pietist circles, which he addressed in extensive lecture tours and radio lectures. Fritz Woike died in 1962 as a result of a domestic accident.
Services
In literary terms, Fritz Woike emerged primarily as a poet . His first volume of poetry, “Lights on the Path”, was published in 1924 and was followed by other volumes of poetry, calendar and magazine articles at short intervals. The poetic expression remains traditional and is based on the forms of the Protestant hymn . Occasionally he leaves the rhyme connection in free verse . Woike takes his pictures from everyday reality and traditional piety . In addition to the humorous and light-footed tone of the family poems, this contributed to the popularity of the Woike verse, which continued into the 1960s.
Works
- Lights on the way ( Wuppertal , 1924)
- Far away a country shines ... (Wuppertal 1925)
- On leaving and returning home (Wuppertal 1927)
- The sun is waiting for you (Wuppertal 1928)
- From silent paths (Wuppertal 1929)
- Stretch yourself up into the light ... (Wuppertal, 1930)
- From a silent world (Wuppertal 1930)
- Remembrance days (Wuppertal 1931)
- Sounds a call in the storm of time (Wuppertal [1932])
- Home speaks (Wuppertal, 1933)
- From the world of the little people (Wuppertal [1934])
- Heartbeat of Time (Wuppertal, 1935)
- Shine from on high (Wuppertal [1935])
- I want to sing of your kindness (Wuppertal [1937])
- Traces of the road ( Stuttgart , 1940)
- Falling grain ( Gladbeck , 1948)
- Over the storms (Wuppertal, 1949)
- Where home is (Gladbeck, 1952)
- Where God's fountain rushes (Stuttgart [1952])
- From the picture book of my life (Stuttgart [1953])
- You are home to all hearts (Stuttgart, 1954)
- All roads lead to you. Sayings (Stuttgart [1956])
- Rich day (Wuppertal, 1958)
- The prayer of the church of Jesus. The Lord's Prayer in poetry (Stuttgart [1962])
- What are you man (Gladbeck, 1976)
literature
- F. Schmidt-König: Fritz Woike, a Christian worker poet . BRUNNEN-Verlag , Giessen and Basel , 1965.
Web links
- Literature by and about Fritz Woike in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fritz Woike In: Peter Hoeres, Armin Owzar , Christina Schröer loss of power and decline in power. Verlag Walter de Gruyter , 2013, p. 215.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woike, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1962 |
| Place of death | Opladen |