Petra Fietzek

Petra Fietzek (born in Engels , also Petra Engels-Fietzek ; * 1955 in Frankfurt ) is a German writer and poet . She was best known as an author of books for children and young people as well as through spiritual literature.

Life

After finishing school in Frankfurt, Berlin and Aachen, Petra Fietzek studied German, art history and philosophy in Cologne. She taught at high schools for five years. She has been working as a freelance writer since 1985. She published a variety of books for children and young people, as well as volumes of poetry and prose for adults. Petra Fietzek runs writing workshops and reads from her books in libraries and schools etc. The author completed training in biblio and poetry therapy at the FPI. She is a member of the Association of German Writers (VS), the Catholic Women's Community of Germany (kfd) and Soroptimist International (SI).

Since 1995 Petra Fietzek has written and spoken spiritual programs, mainly morning prayers, for WDR, Deutschlandfunk and Deutsche Welle.

She lives with her family in Coesfeld (Westphalia). She was married to the former high school art teacher and freelance painter Rainer Fietzek (1941–2009). The couple have two daughters. Rainer Fietzek illustrated her book Das Papafest (1996). Petra Fietzek donated the paintings of the Passions cycle of her deceased husband to the diocese of Münster .

Works

Books for children and young readers

• Permit, Harald M. Bubu (1988)
• Time for Jana (1992)
• A Schwubbel for Josi (1994), illustrations by Ruth Scholte van Mast
• Schwubbel and the good mood machine, illustrations by Ruth Scholte van Mast
• Das Papafest (1996), illustrations by Rainer Fietzek
• Willi mag lila (1996), illustrations by Thea Roß
• Nina's witch nose (1997), illustrations by Julia Ginsbach
• Flo, der Superkicker (1997), with pictures by Hans Jürgen Feldhaus
• Bodo, the lucky pig (1997)
• Grand piano for Astrid (1997)
• Show yourself, wild bear (1999), illustrations by Thea Roß
• Jonnis Paukenschlag (1999), illustrations by Julia Ginsbach
• Willi mag lila (1999), illustrations by Thea Roß
• Sophie and the black-headed gull (2000), illustrations by Julia Ginsbach
• Schwubbel and the good mood machine (2000), illustrations by Ruth Scholte van Mast
• Jonnis motley world (2000), illustrations by Julia Ginsbach
• The Flashlight Journey (2001), illustrations by Maria Blazejovsky
• How Carlo managed to save his head in just 5 days . With illustrations by Edda Skibbe . Bertelsmann Verlag, 2001. ISBN 978-3570125854
• Super game for Flo (2002)
• Jonnis Bathtub Festival (2002), illustrations by Julia Ginsbach
• Tell me about it (2002), illustrations by Mechthild Weiling-Bäcker
• Can you bark, bobbi? (2003), illustrations by Susanne Schulte
• Katzenlilli (2003), illustrations by Mechthild Weiling-Bäcker
• The Forgetful Ghost (2003)
• Drum Boy (2004)
• Snow White's Rage (2004)
• Little Readers Tiger Courage Stories (2004), illustrations by Katharina Wieker
• Jan has a baby, illustrations by Ruth Scholte van Mast
• Knight Karuso and the magic armor, illustrations by Katharina Wieker
• Lucky you, little dolphin (2006), illustrations by Silke Voigt
• Stay tuned, Superkicker (2006)
• Wings for Astrid (2006), Pictures of Georgia Overwater

Adult books

• Words alone cannot do anything - the life of Franziska Schervier (1997)
• Outside the Walls of the City (2006)

Poetry

• Im Federlicht (1994), a poetic tour of the Münster State Museum
• Elch Fritz mit Witz (1997), laughter poems for children, illustrations by Thea Roß
• In my eyes you (2001), poetry on Asian faces
• Outside the Walls of the City (2006)
• There will come a day when your boundaries will stretch (2006)

Audio book

• Drumming, Drumming (2000), speaker Heiner Geißler

Web links

• Literature by and about Petra Fietzek in the catalog of the German National Library
• An example of a morning prayer: January 17th, 2003 on WDR 2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See entry in the catalog of the German National Library
2. ↑ Obituary  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the side of the St.-Pius-Gymnasium Coesfeld  
3. ↑ Karin Weglage: Fietzek's gift to the whole diocese . In: Kirche + Leben , May 28, 2017, p. 12.