Olaf Velte

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Olaf Velte (born June 7, 1960 in Bad Homburg in front of the height ) is a German writer .

Life

After graduating from school in 1979, Olaf Velte initially trained as a publishing clerk in 1981–1984. He then studied German , philosophy and theater, film and television studies at the University of Frankfurt until 1994 .

Velte writes poems, short stories, essays, texts for the radio and book reviews. He has been working as a freelance writer and sheep farmer since 1993 . In addition, he leads an independent theater group and has been working as a journalist for daily newspapers and newsletters since 2007. On July 21, 2020, the HR-Hessenschau broadcast a portrait of the poet. The HR2 cultural broadcaster broadcast a 43-minute long portrait on January 20, 2020 in the "Doppelkopf" series.

In terms of content, Veltes lyrical work is primarily concerned with the people and landscapes of the Taunus in the past and present. He interprets old field names, examines mythical social types such as robbers and field riflemen, and focuses on the Feldberg (879 m) as the most important elevation of the Taunus. His creativity was originally stimulated by the generation- typical US-American beat literature , which was also anchored in the Hessian Literature Forum, which was groundbreaking for him and based in Frankfurt am Main. Later he dealt with historical greats such as Eduard Mörike , Wilhelm Raabe and Christian Reuter in his own volumes of poetry .

The married father of two children lives and works in Wehrheim / Taunus.

Single title (selection)

  • Low aisle. Poems. 1995.
  • A collar made of earth. Poems. 2000.
  • Auditor Grabbe. Narrative. 2002.
  • Landmarks. Poems. 2003.
  • Next to me someone who calls himself Mörike. 2004.
  • Robbers fire brothers. Poems. 2005.
  • Bulk fruit. Poems, with etchings by Vroni Schwegler. 2006.
  • Raabe dreams. Narrative. 2007.
  • Schindäcker rough gardens. Poems. Stadtlichter Presse, Wenzendorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-936271-35-5 . With an afterword by Caroline Hartge .
  • With the ax. Poems. Stadtlichter Presse, Wenzendorf 2013, ISBN 978-3-936271-68-3 . With an afterword by Werner Söllner .
  • A couple of poets. Poems. Axel Dielmann - Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-86638-171-1 .
  • Reuters box. An excursion. Axel Dielmann - Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-86638-916-8 .
  • A certain Christian Reuter from Kütten. A family and farm story. Axel Dielmann - Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-86638-930-4 .
  • Below the Feldberg. Poems. Stadtlichter Presse, Wenzendorf 2017, ISBN 978-3-936271-95-9 .
  • The corridors of the Flurschütz. Poems, with woodcuts by Heike Küster. Stadtlichter Presse, Wenzendorf 2018.
  • Narrow light. Poems. Stadtlichter Presse, Wenzendorf 2020, ISBN 978-3-947883-15-8 .

Articles in anthologies and journals (selection)

  • Axel Kutsch (Ed.): Versnetze , Versnetze_zwei, Versnetze_drei. German-language poetry of the present (2008, 2009, 2010).
  • Theo Breuer (Ed.): NordWestSüdOst. Poems by contemporaries. 2003, ISBN 3-87512-192-9 .
  • Shafiq Naz (Ed.): The German Poetry Calendar 2010. 2009.

Awards (selection)

literature

  • Kürschner's German Literature Calendar. 2010.

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c Short biography of the author's profile from Dielmann-Verlag , accessed July 21, 2020
  2. ↑ Author profile Olaf Velte at the Frankfurter Rundschau, accessed on July 21, 2020
  3. ↑ Olaf Velte | hessenschau-poesiealbum 5:20 min. , hessenschau.de, accessed July 21, 2020
  4. ↑ a b Doppelkopf: At the table with Olaf Velte, "Taunus-Lyriker" , hr2.de from January 20, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020
  5. ↑ Olaf Velte: Mit der Axt , planetlyrik.de March 12, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Velte, Olaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Homburg vor der Höhe