Gerhard Butke
Gerhard Butke (* 1952 in Wengsel , Grafschaft Bentheim district ) is a German writer and poet.
Butke has an engineering degree in agricultural machinery and works as a teacher at the Nordhorn-Süd secondary school. His literary work includes poetry, prose and plays, including many works in Low German. He publishes monographically, but also in newspapers, anthologies and yearbooks. Butke is a member of the Free German Authors Association , the Schrieverkring Weser-Ems, the Bevensen Conference and the Society for Contemporary Poetry .
He is married and has 3 children.
Works
- Low German
- Wat ik Di aal still want to sedge: 51 poems op Groafschopper Platt - Nordhorn-Hestrup: Self-published
- Gurkenschloat un Wostebroad: Low German comedy in three acts - Westoverledingen: Ostfriesischer Theaterverlag, 1985
- Brutus can't loaten: Low German comedy in three acts - Westoverledingen: Ostfriesischer Theaterverlag 1988
- Hermann un denn Bio-Tick: Low German comedy in four acts - Westoverledingen: Ostfriesischer Theaterverlag, 1993
- Droplets journey to earth: children's book in High German and Low German - Leer: Hebus-Verlag, 2007
- Dörnbusch bin ik - Poetry in Low German and High German, Vechta: Geest Verlag, 2009
- Standard German
- Wild daisies: short prose and poetry - Leer: Hebus-Verlag, 2001
- Droplets journey to earth: children's book in High German and Low German - Leer: Hebus-Verlag, 2007
- Dörnbusch bin ik - Poetry in Low German and High German, Vechta: Geest Verlag, 2009
- Other media
- Talk up Platt: 2 poems set to music by Duo Meyer & Quast, Bad Bentheim, 1983, NDR
- Square concert: 1 poem set to music by Hartmut Meyer, 1984, NDR
- Unse aule Platt: Short story read by the author - Heimatverein der Grafschaft Bentheim, 1996 - CD
- Sommertiet: short story read by the author - Borsla, Association for
- Low German Language and Literature, 2003 - CD
- Stickelplatt: short story read by the author - Schrieverkring Weser-Ems, 2004 - CD
literature
- Henk Lettink: Over den Paol . In: Jaarboek Achterhoek en Liemers . Van Keulen, Zelhem 2003
Web links
- Gerhard Butke in the Low German Bibliography and Biography (PBuB)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Butke, Gerhard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wengsel |