Ludwig Soumagne
Ludwig Soumagne (born June 11, 1927 in Norf near Neuss ; † October 22, 2003 ibid) was a Lower Rhine dialect poet .
Life
He attended secondary school in Neuss, completed an apprenticeship as a master baker and confectioner and ran a bakery in Neuss-Norf.
His best-known work is the litany , a poem that asks the Lord God to protect the "Dolle" (madmen) who do all kinds of arduous work for "us". It has been translated into more than 300 languages and dialects.
Soumagne wrote poetry and prose since 1946. Since 1956 he was a member of the specialist group 'Rhenish dialect writers' in the Rheinisches Heimatbund. Numerous publications in the magazines "Der Niederrhein" and "Die Heimat". In 1966 he brought out his first volume of poetry. Since then he has become one of the most important Lower Rhine dialect poets. He was often invited to the Neuss University of Education as a guest lecturer.
He was also a radio play writer for the WDR , a member of the PEN and a founding member of the International Dialect Institute in Vienna for 20 years .
In 1989 the International Dialect Archive of the Rhein-Kreis Neuss in Dormagen-Zons was named after him while he was still alive.
Honors
- Promotion Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for Young Artists (1975)
- Federal Cross of Merit (1985)
- Benedict Prize of Mönchengladbach (1986)
- Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (1988)
- Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class (1995)
- Ludwig-Soumagne-Weg in Neuss-Norf
Works (selection)
- Lyric:
- Ech an mech , 1966
- Dat kalde Büffee , 1972
- Sargnääl möt Köpp , 1974
- Usjesproche nverbeee remark , 1979
- Brood from the baker , 1984
- En't Jebett jenomme , 1987
- Opjeläse ongerm Schrievdösch , 1994
- Called for the island , 1999
- Radio plays:
- Dä Angere , WDR 1977
- It already smelled no apples and noess , WDR 1979
- net jrad e Kengerspill , WDR 1984
- alive bejrave? WDR 1986
- Plays:
- Now just don't lose your nerve , 1990
Web links
- Obituaries
- International dialect archive "Ludwig Soumagne"
- Ludwig Soumagne in the Munzinger archive , retrieved from the KLG - Critical Lexicon for Contemporary German Literature ( beginning of the article freely accessible)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Soumagne, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dialect poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuss |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 2003 |
| Place of death | Neuss |