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)