Karl Wilhelm Kramer

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Karl Wilhelm Krämer (born September 7, 1930 in Cologne , † December 4, 1990 in Bielefeld ) was a German writer who stood out above all as a poet and librettist . He is now regarded as an important poet in Westphalia . His literature can be classified as homosexual and working-class literature.

life and work

Karl Wilhelm Krämer was born in Cologne and moved to Lübbecke as a teenager in 1946 . At first he worked as a farm laborer before he finished training as a tailor and studying acting. In 1960 he founded the workshop for modern bespoke clothing , which he headed as a tailor in Lübbecke until 1976. Then he worked in a Bielefeld textile factory until his retirement. On December 4, 1990, the homosexual poet was murdered and robbed by a 21-year-old male hustler.

Kramer has been writing regularly since the 1950s. Above all, short stories, poems, reviews and two libretti have come down from him. Although he was initially only an amateur or hobby author, he developed into a well-known Westphalian poet who was active outside of his native poetry during his lifetime and even more after his death.

Regionally he was able to achieve smaller successes: Two librettis were implemented by him and at least performed in 1974 in the Detmold State Theater: Magic Power , ballet libretto, 1974 and Träume heute (ballet libretto), 1974. On the radio, some of the poet's poems were published in 1975 on WDR under the title " Once upon a time dreams work " broadcast.

plant

  • Resolute To Disagree , 1979, Poetry.
  • The Memory Tree , 1984, poetry.

Publications in magazines

  • Westfalenspiegel - Issue No. 12, 1973. Issue No. 3, 1976.

Radio production

  • Dreams used to work, 1975, selection from poems broadcast by WDR.

Libretti for ballet

  • Magic Power, ballet libretto, 1974 (world premiere: Staatstheater Detmold).
  • Dreams today, ballet libretto, 1974, (world premiere: Staatstheater Detmold).

Web links

swell

  • Man for man. A biographical lexicon. Bernd-Ullrich Hergemöller, Suhrkamp-Verlag. 2001.
personal data
SURNAME Kramer, Karl Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 1990
Place of death Bielefeld