Karin Hempel-Soos
Karin Hempel-Soos , pseudonym Katherina Koslowsky , (born March 13, 1939 in Dresden , † October 23, 2009 in Bonn ) was a German writer .
Life
Karin Hempel-Soos grew up in Meiningen / Thuringia . After high school she started in Dresden , a study of German language and literature , political science and economics . In 1959 she fled from the GDR to the Federal Republic of Germany . Here Karin Hempel-Soos continued her studies at the Universities of Cologne and Bonn . She lived in Bonn since 1960 and was active in trade union work and the women's movement . Karin Hempel-Soos had been a member of the SPD since 1968 ; At times she chaired the working group of social democratic women . In 1977 she was one of the founders of the Bonn women's refuge . Since 1980 she has worked as a writer and journalist , at the same time she appeared as a cabaret artist . Since 1994 Karin Hempel-Soos has headed the Bonn House of Language and Literature as a leading figure in the cultural sector .
As an author of poetry , short prose and satires , Karin Hempel-Soos was a member of the Association of German Writers (VS) in the ver.di union . In 1984 she was elected to the federal executive committee at the Saarbrücken congress.
Awards
- 1997: Literature Prize of the Bonn Reading and Recreation Society
- 1999: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 2002: Bröckemännche Prize from the Bonn Media Club
- 2009: Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Publications
Author
- My unsorted years . Poems. Junge, Bonn 1980
- Prohibited for men. Bad night stories from Bonn . Burckhardthaus-Laetare, Gelnhausen / Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-7664-9162-8
- Petal waste . Bouvier, Bonn 1986, ISBN 3-416-01986-5
- Fire lilies, cat hair . Poems. Bouvier, Bonn 1987, ISBN 3-416-02000-6
- Evil grows overnight . Poems. Bouvier, Bonn 1989, ISBN 3-416-02194-0
- Love at this time . Poems. Bouvier, Bonn 1993, ISBN 3-416-02441-9
- Anabiosis . Poems. Wienand, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-87909-774-7
Editor
- Together with Marianne Pitzen : Scripturale '88. A project from art and culture . Frauenmuseum , Bonn 1988, ISBN 3-928239-11-2
- Together with Michael Serrer: "What we write down is death". Thomas Bernhard Symposium in Bonn 1995 . Bouvier, Bonn 1998
- Our constitution - my constitution. Writers' views . DuMont, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-8321-5875-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Karin Hempel-Soos in the catalog of the German National Library
- Karin Hempel-Soos , biography and estate in the portal rheinische-literaturnachlaesse.de
- Opening of the Karin Hempel-Soos Literary Cabinet in the University and District Library Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in Sankt Augustin on October 15, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hempel-Soos, Karin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koslowsky, Katherina (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 2009 |
| Place of death | Bonn |