Herbert Sleegers

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Herbert Sleegers (born June 4, 1932 in Grefrath ; † June 3, 2018 in Oberstdorf ) was a Lower Rhine poet and writer .

Life and language art

Herbert Sleegers grew up in Grefrath in the Lower Rhine ( Viersen district ). After graduating from high school (1952) at the Thomaeum grammar school in Kempen , he studied in Aachen and at the universities of Bonn and Düsseldorf . Philosophy, theology and pedagogy. From 1957 to 1996 he was in school service. Sleegers was an employee of the Krefeld literature workshop and the annual publication for literature and graphics, Muschelhaufen, as well as the editor in charge of the magazine Literatur am Niederrhein . Concise pictures and a pronounced sense of language characterize the poetry and short prose texts of the author, who is rooted in the Lower Rhine region , which are based on his own experiences and often have a meditative aura. With the words " He loves language, [...] looks at it from all sides and in this way discovers the hidden life of words, [...] and thus lures the deeper meaning out of the meaning ", Sophia Willems characterized his art of language at the laudation on the occasion of the presentation of the Lower Rhine Literature Prize on December 8, 1996 in Krefeld. Sleegers was represented in literary juries and projects and published numerous specialist articles with a focus on language didactics .

Herbert Sleegers was married with a son and lived in Viersen- Süchteln . He died in Oberstdorf in June 2018, one day before his 86th birthday.

Awards

Works

  • We lose sight and hearing. Poems . Sassafras, Krefeld 1986. ISBN 3-922690-70-X
  • While reading a poem . In: Literature in Krefeld . No. 5. Krefeld 1985
  • The cloud counter. Narratives . Sassafras, Krefeld 1994. ISBN 3922690-52-1
  • Child blessing. Narratives . In: Literature in Krefeld . No. 24. Krefeld 1995
  • Only with the right is shown. 65 school stories . Sassafras. Krefeld 1997. ISBN 3-922690-28-9
  • Laudation on the occasion of the award of the "Niederrheinischen Literaturpreis" to Gisbert Haefs . In: The home. Krefeld yearbook . Volume 70, 1999

Quote

“This winter / will go too. / Certainly. / The / time margin is clearly perforated. Nothing remains. / Crows hang / in the wind over the abyss. / We said / Spring. "

literature

  • Herbert Sleegers. In: Literature Atlas NRW. Kölner Volksblatt, Cologne 1992, ISBN 3-923243-96-0 .
  • Anette Schlimm: Briefly indicated reality. In: Rheinische Post . December 16, 1998.
  • Marianne Gatzke: And then the satirical end. Herbert Sleegers… In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . October 26, 2001.
  • Gunter E. Grimm: At home on the Lower Rhine. A region in the understanding of its writers. In: Rheinisch. A region's self-image. Grupello. Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3-89978-037-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituaries , accessed on June 17, 2018
  2. ^ Mourning for Herbert Sleegers , accessed on June 9, 2018
  3. ^ Franz Norbert Mennemeier. In: New Rhineland . Edition 1995. ISSN  0342-9830
  4. ↑ Poems in class with a difference . Prögel practice volume 177. (Eds. Franz-Josef Payrhuber , Herbert Sleegers and others). Oldenbourg. Munich 1993. ISBN 3-486-98639-2
  5. ↑ Here we hear and see . Krefeld 1986. p. 7

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personal data
SURNAME Sleegers, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lyric poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Grefrath
DATE OF DEATH 3rd June 2018
Place of death Oberstdorf