Lina Kromer

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Lina Kromer (born September 3, 1889 in Obereggenen ( Schliengen im Markgräflerland , Baden-Württemberg ); † September 1, 1977 ) was a German poet who wrote mainly poems in Alemannic dialect. In 1956 she was the first woman to win the Johann Peter Hebel Prize , one of the most important literary prizes in the state of Baden-Württemberg.

life and work

Lina Kromer was born in 1889 as the daughter of Gottlieb Kromer, a farmer and forest ranger. Her childhood in nature later influenced her predominantly nature-related poetry motifs.

In December 1933, Kromer's first collection of poems, Im Blaue zue, was published . In the following years the poetry collections Im Ring des Jahres , Face am Strom and Im Rauschen der Wälder were published , the latter being a collection of High German poems. One of her latest editions is the collection of old and new poems To Brother Nameless .

Honors

  • In 1956 she received the Johann Peter Lever Prize
  • On her 65th birthday, she was made an honorary citizen by her home parish.
  • There are streets named after her in Schliengen and Müllheim (Baden).

Works (selection)

  • In the blue too. Alemannic poems. Markgräfler Druckerei und Verlagsgesellschaft, Müllheim 1933, 2nd increased edition Strasbourg: Hünenburg 1941
  • In the rustling of the woods. [Standard German] poems. Hünenburg, Strasbourg 1942.
  • Face by the stream. Alemannic poems. Krohn, Badenweiler 1949.
  • To brother nameless. Alemannic poems. Rombach, Freiburg i. Br. 1958.
  • To be one human and only one human. Poems. Rombach, Freiburg i. Br. 1960.
  • To be human. Selected poems. Edited by Elisabeth Etzel. Rombach, Freiburg i. Br. 1979.
  • D 'Linde ufem Lueginsland (poem). In: Das Markgräflerland , issue 1/1961, pp. 273–274 (digitized version from Freiburg University Library )

literature

  • Lina Kromer. The Alemannic dialect poet. In: Swabia. Monthly books for people and culture, vol. 11, 1939, pp. 179–184.
  • Fritz Fischer. Preface. In: To be human. Selected poems [by Lisa Kromer]. Rombach, Freiburg i. Br. 1979.
  • Karl Kurrus: memorial address for Lina Kromer. In: Das Markgräflerland, issue 1/1988, pp. 185–188 digitized version of the Freiburg University Library

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Manfred Bosch : The Johann Peter Lever Prize 1936–1988. Scheffelbund, Karlsruhe 1988, p. 159.

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personal data
SURNAME Kromer, Lina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Obereggenen , Schliengen
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1977