Ingrid Fichtner
Ingrid Fichtner (born February 26, 1954 in Judenburg ) is a German-speaking writer .
life and work
Ingrid Fichtner studied English at the University of Vienna from 1972 to 1978, graduating with a master's degree in philosophy, academic translator and certified interpreter. After spending seven years in the USA, she moved to Switzerland in 1985 , where she has worked as a writer, freelance editor and translator since 1996.
Ingrid Fichtner primarily writes poems, which she has published in several individual titles as well as anthologies and literary magazines. In addition, she works as a translator who specializes in the literary field. a. Translated texts by Jorie Graham and Robert Hass into German. From 1996 to 1998 she was co-editor of the literary magazine drafts for literature , from 1999 to 2003 she worked as a journalist for the Aargauer Zeitung in the poem of the week section .
She is a member of the Authors of Switzerland and the Graz Authors' Assembly . Since 1996 she has been working regularly with representatives of new music , in particular with Alfred Zimmerlin . She has received several invitations to international festivals, such as the International Poetry Festival Medellín in 2013 and the International Poetry Festival Kritya ( Trivandrum / Kerala ) in 2014 , the Schamrock Festival of Female Poets in Munich and the World Poetry Festival Sabad , Delhi .
Ingrid Fichtner lives in Zurich .
Publications (selection)
Single track
- So opposite. Poems. Wolfbach Verlag, Zurich 2014. ISBN 978-3-906929-04-0 .
- From a distance. Poems. Wolfbach Verlag, Zurich 2014.
- Light landscape. Poems. Wolfbach Verlag, Zurich 2012.
- Air blue knife. Poems. Waldgut Verlag, Frauenfeld 2004.
- The crazy thing about tying your shoes. Poems. 2000.
- Color bustle , poems. 1999.
- Update. Or the face. a Proëm, 1998.
- strictly speaking. why roses. Poems, 1995.
Anthologies and literary journals (selection)
- Axl Kutsch (Ed.): Versnetze . German-language poetry of the present . Verlag Ralf Liebe, Weilerswist 2013–2019.
- Roger Perret (Ed.): Modern poetry in Switzerland. Limmat Verlag, Zurich 2013.
- Theo Breuer and Traian Pop (eds.): Matrix 28 . Breathing alphabet for Friederike Mayröcker . Pop Verlag, Ludwigsburg 2012.
- Christoph Buchwald and Kathrin Schmidt (eds.): Yearbook of poetry . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2011.
- Reinhard Urbach (Ed.): Away from Jandl towards Jandl. 47 Encounters and reflections. Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2009.
- Werner Wunderlich (ed.): Myth of Sirens, texts from Homer to Dieter Wellershoff. Reclam-Verlag, Stuttgart 2007.
- Raoul Schrott : Poets on the ball. 50 new football poems. Read by the authors of the poems. Audio CD with booklet. NDRkultur, Die Zeit, Eichborn Verlag, 2006.
- Literary magazines : accents , drafts for literature , manuscripts , language in the technical age , Swiss monthly issues .
Awards
- 2001: Half a year of work for the Zurich Literature Commission for The Crazy About Tying Shoes
- 2002: Half a year of work for Pro Helvetia
- 2002: Scholarship Schloss Wiepersdorf (Pro Helvetia)
- 2004: Half a year of work for the Zurich Literature Commission for blue air knives
- 2006: Working year of the literature commission of the city of Zurich for a prose project
- 2012: Approval of the City of Zurich Literature Commission for Light Landscape
Individual evidence
Web links
- Literature by and about Ingrid Fichtner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author's website
- Entry about Ingrid Fichtner in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fichtner, Ingrid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-speaking writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Judenburg |