Michael Starcke

This article is about the poet Michael Starcke. For the composer see Michael Starke .

Michael Starcke (2012)

Michael Starcke (born December 19, 1949 in Erfurt , † February 19, 2016 in Bochum ) was a German poet .

Life

Starcke moved from the GDR to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1959 . He lived in Calw until 1961 and since then in Bochum. In 1973 he passed the preliminary pharmaceutical examination and has since worked in pharmacies in the Ruhr area, including in Dortmund, Hagen, Bochum and Essen.

He has been writing since childhood and was initially mainly concerned with poetry before starting to write poetry himself. He often worked with musicians, painters and visual artists across the board. From 1986 to 1996 he was co-editor of the Bonner literary newspaper .

Michael Starcke was a nephew of the Thuringian poet Hans Starcke , known as Hans Huckebein.

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The keynote of most of Michael Starcke's works is described as melancholy or pensive. Critics emphasize the exploration of everyday life and a resulting world of thoughts that goes beyond everyday life.

Most of Starcke's poems are written in minuscule throughout .

Standalone publications

• playful. A9143, St. Michael 1979, ISBN 3-7053-1012-7 .
• we are only free on paper. Verlag der Buchhandlung Wolf Siebert, Herne 1984.
• Because my hands are tied. Poems. Verlag Klaus Gasseleder, Bremen 1985, ISBN 3-923611-05-6 .
• The wet leaves of memory. Poems. Verlag Klaus Gasseleder, Bremen 1987, ISBN 3-923611-10-2 .
• Pharmacy days or Bochum and back. Poems. Verlag "Die Mücke" , Bonn 1988, ISBN 3-926829-01-X .
• The untouched side of the shadows. Poems. Verlag Klaus Gasseleder, Bremen 1989, ISBN 3-923611-14-5 .
• under carefully patched shirts. Verlag Klaus Gasseleder, Bremen 1991, ISBN 3-923611-20-X .
• One hour behind D. Calatra Press Willem Enzinck, Lahnstein 1991, ISBN 3-88138-105-8 .
• In the night light of fleeting train stations. Poems. Verlag Bruno Runzheimer, Essen 1994, ISBN 3-928401-12-2 .
• Apple blossom over. Poems. Verlag Bruno Runzheimer, Essen 1995, ISBN 3-928401-20-3 .
• The price of poetry: poems. Rudolph and Enke, Ebertshausen 1997, ISBN 3-931909-05-0 .
• Interim balance. Poems. Bruno Runzheimer Verlag, Essen 1999, ISBN 3-928401-29-7 .
• Where love lives: poems about writing, loneliness, love and friendship. Verlag Ch. Möllmann, Hamborn 1999, ISBN 3-931156-51-6 .
• Already lived today .. Horlemann Verlag, Bad Honnef 2000, ISBN 3-89502-117-2 .
• Over the year. uräus-Hanpresse, Halle 2001, ISBN 3-00-008731-1 .
• Goddamn luck. Horlemann Verlag, Bad Honnef 2002, ISBN 3-89502-156-3 .
• There is no other way. Edition Wort und Bild, Bochum 2003, ISBN 3-927430-40-4 .
• with my back to the sea: poems. Verlag Ch. Möllmann, Hamborn 2004, ISBN 3-89979-030-8 .
• Soft voices. Horlemann Verlag, Bad Honnef 2004, ISBN 3-89502-190-3 .
• the sky into the blue heart. Verlag Früher Vogel, Bochum 2006, ISBN 3-937463-07-0 .
• Nice memory: poems. Wolfgang Hager Verlag, Stolzalpe 2008, ISBN 978-3-900578-71-8 .
• I write words human. Verlag Früh Vogel, Bochum 2009, ISBN 978-3-937463-12-4 .
• the green blanket comforting. Verlag Früher Vogel, Bochum 2012, ISBN 978-3-937463-13-1 .
• tiny dots from above . Verlag Früher Vogel, Bochum 2014, ISBN 978-3-937463-15-5 .
• STRONG ART . University Press Dr. N. Brockmeyer, Bochum 2014, ISBN 978-3-8196-0967-1 .
• The sea is an old acquaintance who can wait . Elif Verlag, Nettetal 2016, ISBN 978-3-9817509-2-8 .

Contributions to anthologies (excerpt)

• You write in Bochum 2004. Klartext-Verlagsgesellschaft, Essen 2004, ISBN 3-89861-272-4 .
• Thought of Germany: poetry on the state of the country. Landpresse, Weilerswist 2009, ISBN 978-3-941037-29-8 .
• Versnetze_zwei: German-language poetry of the present. Landpresse, Weilerswist 2009, ISBN 978-3-941037-37-3 .
• Poisoners, eccentrics, honest men. Govi-Verlag, Frankfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-7741-1098-4 .
• You write in the Ruhr Metropolis. Klartext-Verlagsgesellschaft, Essen 2009, ISBN 978-3-8375-0084-4 .
• Change of voices: poetry along the Ruhr. Klartext-Verlagsgesellschaft, Essen 2009, ISBN 978-3-8375-0292-3 .
• Above days in the Ruhr Metropolis. Klartext-Verlagsgesellschaft, Essen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8375-0400-2 .
• Versnetze_drei: German-language poetry of the present. Landpresse, Weilerswist 2010, ISBN 978-3-941037-56-4 .
• The jaguar in the mirror. A KOGGE reading book. POP, Ludwigsburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-937139-93-7 .
• Versnetze_vier: German-language poetry of the present. Landpresse, Weilerswist 2011, ISBN 978-3-941037-76-2 .
• Bruises. Klartext-Verlagsgesellschaft, Essen 2012, ISBN 978-3-8375-0723-2 .
• Best of Wort-Café 11, Bochum.Dortmund.Essen .. OCM-Gesellschaft, Dortmund 2012, ISBN 978-3-942672-10-8 .
• Versnetze_fünf: German-language poetry of the present , Landpresse, Weilerswist 2012, ISBN 978-3-941037-88-5 .

About Michael Starcke

• By the way. Birthday reading book for Michael Starcke. Bruno Runzheimer Verlag, Essen 1999, ISBN 3-928401-28-9 .
• At home in words - the lyricist Michael Starcke. Edited by Hugo Ernst Buyer and Rainer Küster, Universitätsverlag Dr. Brockmeyer, Bochum 2009, ISBN 978-3-8196-0748-6 .

Awards

• 1986 and 1990 literature working grants from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
• 2008 Poetry Prize from the Fünte cultural center in Mülheim / Ruhr
• 2009 Poetry Award from the Fünte cultural center in Mülheim / Ruhr
• 2013 Alfred Müller Felsenburg Prize for upright literature
• 2013 1st prize in the field of poetry in the literature competition of the authors' circle Ruhr-Mark
• 2014 Lyric laurel in gold for difficult

Web links

• Literature by and about Michael Starcke in the catalog of the German National Library
• Michael Starcke in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
• Homepage of the poet
• Short biography and information on the work of Michael Starcke at Literaturport

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lyric poet Michael Starcke died unexpectedly
2. ↑ Michael Starcke. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015: Volume I: AO. Volume II: PZ. , Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, p. 1018, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 .
3. ↑ Werner Strelenz: Keeping books like angels. Westfälische Allgemeine Zeitung online on May 9, 2008, accessed on June 23, 2012.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Peter Mohr: Foreword. In: Michael Starcke: with my back to the sea: poems. 2004.
5. ^ Hugo Ernst buyer : Foreword. In: Michael Starcke: heaven into the blue heart. 2006.
6. ↑ Felicitas Belke: Foreword. In: Michael Starcke: Beautiful memories: Poems. 2008.
7. ↑ Poetry World News , accessed on December 9, 2013.
8. ↑ Eva Hieber: Like colorful and luminous rays from a prism. In: Westfalenpost. March 3, 2014, accessed June 18, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Website of the Lorbeer Verlag ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 13, 2014