Ju Sobing
Ju Sobing (* 1944 in Brückenberg , Silesia ) is a German writer, poet and artist.
life and career
Sobing spent her school days in Hameln . Sobing studied fine arts in Hanover , Munich and Stockholm and spent additional study visits to Brandenburg, Italy and South America . She was a guest student with Reinemer in Dresden and a master class with Rolf Thiele in Bremen. In addition, she completed a course "Art + Nature - Landart" with Werner Henkel in Bremen.
Sobing has been working as a freelance artist and writer since 1989. Her works are mainly exhibited in Germany. Her work focuses on collages, graphics, installations and land art, but also beliefs, interactions between characters, people and society, and investigations into the color red. Sobing publishes her poetry in monographs as well as in anthologies and magazines.
Sobing is a member of the BBK / Saxon Artists Association and the Independent Writer ASSOziation Dresden. From 1997 to 2008 he was the project manager of the annual Lietzen Art Week. She is also a founding member of the WO 02 group.
Sobing is married and has two children; she lives in Radebeul and Sorbolongo / Italy.
Awards and grants
- Honorary award of the Gerhart Hauptmann Museum in Agnetendorf / Poland for poetry
- Premio Vainer Sassoferrato / Italy, 1992
- Prize of the Wolfenbüttel Federal Academy, 2007
- Scholarship from the Kulturstiftung Sachsen for Literature in the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus Agnetendorf / Poland, 2008
Works
- "Exposed to the storms", poetry, Hellerau-Verlag, Dresden, 1998 (Ed. Norbert Weiß)
- “My daily deluge”, poetry and drawings, SCHEUNE-Verlag, Dresden, 2001
- "On the paths I walked in their blown trail", Notschriften, 2012
Anthologies and literary journals (selection)
- Ralph Grüneberger (ed.) / Society for contemporary poetry : New poetry album , issues 02/2007, 02/2010, 01/2013.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ju Sobing in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sobing, Ju |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, poet and artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brückenberg / Silesia |