Johann Friedrich Dirks

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Johann Friedrich Dirks (born February 9, 1874 in Emden ; † March 31, 1949 there ) was an Emden journalist , narrator and local poet of his region.

Johann Friedrich Dirks - oil painting by Ulfert Lüken, 1937

Life

Dirks was born as the son of the cigar manufacturer Garm Jeles Dirks and Dortje Maria Dirks (née Meyer). After leaving school, Dirks first completed an apprenticeship as a book printer at the Emder Zeitung , but at this point he discovered his passion for writing. The newspaper publisher enabled the young writer to complete further training as a journalist and to become an editor.

Dirks made early acquaintance with local poets such as Hermann Löns and Friedrich Freudenthal and then published his first own texts. He had a close friendship with Berend de Vries , who followed Dirk's literary work closely.

Dirks was married to Marie Beermann from 1900. The sons Johann-Friedrich Dirks and Heinrich Reinhard Dirks emerged from the marriage.

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Dirks wrote his texts mainly in Emden Low German. His stories reflect the closeness of the writer to the East Frisian homeland and its people. In terms of content, they go beyond the purely everyday and also touch on deeper subjects such as fear and hope, joy and sadness or life and death.

In Dirk's poems it is primarily natural moods that are expressed. They are said to have a particular poetic delicacy that contrasts with the region's rather austere local poetry. Several poems were set to music as songs.

During his lifetime Dirks published his texts only occasionally in daily newspapers or periodicals. In 2002 a summary of selected works appeared for the first time in the book volume Well weet, waar 't gaud fär is - literary work by an East Frisian poet .

Narratives (selection)

  • Senator Klockgeter
  • Eensaam
  • Try even
  • Jan Kistmaker
  • Captain Pott and sien Fründ

Poems (selection)

  • I went as dör en Wunner
  • Home by the sea
  • Leverk an de Heven
  • At de Waterkant
  • Bright March day

Play

  • Raadsheer Hero Thiemen

Johann Friedrich Dirks Prize

Marcus Dirks, great-grandson and managing director of the donating company Dirks Group , presents the award sculpture to Gitta Franken
The prize sculpture of the Johann Friedrich Dirks Prize is an image of the writer Johann Friedrich Dirks

Since the beginning of 2013 Dirks has been awarded the Johann Friedrich Dirks Prize of the city of Emden . The prize is announced every two years on the birthday of Johann Friedrich Dirks. As part of a competition, Low German literary professionals from all over Northern Germany and the Netherlands can participate with their works.

Prize winner 2013

Award winner 2015

  • Jutta Oltmanns (main prize for Swartbunt hett dusend Klören )
  • Jürgen Kropp (recognition award for prose text Droomfro )
  • Primary School Constantia (child and youth award for Tammo and Paul )

Award winner 2017

Prize winners 2019

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helmut Dirks (Ed.): Johann Friedrich Dirks: Well weet, waar 't gaud fär is - literary work by an East Frisian poet . Soltau-Kurier-Norden publishing house, 2002, p. 8.
  2. ↑ Helmut Dirks (Ed.): Johann Friedrich Dirks: Well weet, waar 't gaud fär is - literary work by an East Frisian poet . Soltau-Kurier-Norden publishing house, 2002, p. 9.
  3. ↑ Helmut Dirks (Ed.): Johann Friedrich Dirks: Well weet, waar 't gaud fär is - literary work by an East Frisian poet . Soltau-Kurier-Norden publishing house, 2002, p. 10.
  4. ^ "Wat moi": Premiere for the Low German Prize. In: Ostfriesen-Zeitung. March 7, 2013.
  5. ↑ a b Dirks Literature Prize for Gitta Franken. In: Ostfriesische Nachrichten. March 7, 2013.
  6. ↑ a b Dirks Literature Prize for Jutta Oltmanns. In: General-Anzeiger. February 9, 2015.
  7. ^ Johann Friedrich Dirks Prize. ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: Homepage of the city of Emden. February 11, 2015.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.emden.de

literature

  • Helmut Dirks (Ed.): Johann Friedrich Dirks: Well weet, waar 't gaud fär is - literary work by an East Frisian poet . Soltau-Kurier-Norden publishing house, 2002, ISBN 3-928327-62-3 .
personal data
SURNAME Dirks, Johann Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, narrator and important local poet
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Emden
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1949
Place of death Emden