Regine Kress-Fricke

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Regine Kress-Fricke (born March 1, 1943 in Kiel ) is a German writer and performance artist .

Life and career

Regine Kress-Fricke grew up in Schleswig-Holstein and on the Weser. She began writing poetry at the age of 13. At the age of 17 she emigrated to the USA. She lived there in Connecticut as a child carer, attended night school, continued studying languages, and was an observer at King's Highway Elementary School. At that time she wrote the first volume of poetry, which was published in 1966 by Meister Verlag (Heidelberg). This was followed by training in Germany to become an actress and business interpreter.

Regine Kress-Fricke, who writes poems, novels, short stories and plays, has published numerous individual titles and (co-) editions as well as radio reports, essays, features and satirical texts in magazines, newspapers and anthologies.

She worked as a journalist for several print media and as a German teacher for several years. She held workshops and seminars, including a. as a lecturer at the adult education center, the Autonomous University of Monterrey (UANL) of Nuevo Leòn and the Karlsruhe Summer Academy, and was co-project manager of (large) literary events such as LICHTS .

The main themes of her work, which is strongly influenced by long stays in Mexico and the USA, are Mexico, France, women, violence among siblings and in the family, dream and illusions, historical and social topics.

From 1989 to 1991 she was a member of the federal and state executive boards of the Association of German Writers (VS). Regine Kress-Fricke, who is also a member of the PEN Center Germany, the VS, the Kogge and the GEDOK , is a founding member of the historical novel Quo Vadis group of authors and was its keeper of the seal until it was dissolved in 2013. From 1993 to 1998 she was a member of the advisory board of the Literary Society ( Scheffelbund ). Together with Anne Birk , she founded the Women Writing Initiative in Baden-Württemberg .

Regine Kress-Fricke lives in Karlsruhe.

Single track

  • What are you crying Faizina. Poems. With drawings by Sherry Hyman (married Miller), USA. Meister Verlag, Heidelberg 1966.
  • Tell me where you live Prose. With drawings by H. Löffler-Wolf. Burtan Verlag Rolf Schassner, Adelsheim 1973.
  • The loving backyards . Novel. With photos by Manfred Beier. Publishing house Atelier im Bauernhaus, Fischerhude 1978.
  • Match . Poems. With drawings by Hilde Löffler-Wolf. 1982, ISBN 3-88323-322-6 .
  • My mexican dream. Ed. Jonas in the publishing house art & everyday life, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-88410-501-9 .
  • Alma with empty eyes: play for an actress. Verlag Art & Everyday Life, Edition @u, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-88410-401-2 .
  • Who calls me a stranger. Berthold Auerbach's years in Karlsruhe . Edition Isele, Eggingen 1996, ISBN 3-86142-067-8 .
  • Jump into the day . Prose and poetry. Artist house. Lauenburg 1998.
  • When Hansemann comes . Novel in twelve pictures . Allitera Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-935877-71-4 .
  • La vache sur le toit , novella, Le Verger Éditeur, France, 2004.
  • The cow on the roof . Novella. License issue. Allitera Verlag, Munich 2004.
  • The Christmas catch: a picture book. Info Verlag , Karlsruhe 2005, ISBN 3-88190-405-0 .
  • When the rain god closed the sky / Le jour où le dieu de la pluie refusa l'eau du ciel. Lindemanns Bibliothek, Bretten 2008, ISBN 978-3-88190-499-5 .
  • Words LOUD and softly , poem. With pictures by Guntram Prochaska and photos by Richard Jeschke. Zeitschnur Verlag, Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-940764-06-5 .
  • Top / La Cima . Poems. Translation by JC Contreras Azana. Edited by B. Heuss-Czisch, 2010.
  • Love in the guillotine era . MP3. Jokers-Historica 2010.
  • Ticking at your own pace. Poems. Pop Verlag, Ludwigsburg 2012.
  • Arrows in the heart and the blade on the neck , novel biography, Pop Verlag, Ludwigsburg Nov. 2017. (On the 200th anniversary of Madame de Staël's death. Napoleon's adversary, great lover and fighter) ISBN 978-3-86356-154-3 .

(Co-) editions

  • A reader . from Loeper Verlag, Karlsruhe 1982, ISBN 3-88652-042-0 .
  • Yearbook of women writing 2 . From Loeper Verlag, Karlsruhe 1985, ISBN 3-88652-048-X .
  • Reading book women writing . G. Braun Buchverlag, Karlsruhe 1988, ISBN 3-7650-8061-6 .
  • Applause for Lilith . Alkyon Verlag, 1991, ISBN 3-926541-17-2 .
  • Crossing borders: Baden-Württemberg Literature Days in Karlsruhe. G. Braun Buchverlag, Karlsruhe 1992, ISBN 3-7650-8097-7 .
  • Half the glory for women / Compartir el senorio con las mujeres . Co-author & editor together with Graciela Salazar Reyna, Mexico. Lindemanns Bibliothek, Bretten 2007, ISBN 978-3-88190-470-4 .
  • Cercana Distancia / Near Distance . Universidad Autónoma Monterrey (UANL), Nuevo León 2015. Co-author & editor together with Graciela Salazar Reyna.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ On behalf of the Literary Society, Scheffelbund Karlsruhe
  2. ↑ (= Lindemann's children's books. 3). Illustrated by the Kunst AG 2004/2005 of the Nebeniusschule, Karlsruhe; ed. by Christine Geesing.
  3. ↑ In cooperation and with a reading invitation from the University of Monterrey, the National Autonomous University and the Goethe Institute in Mexico City
  4. ^ Associated with stays in Sand, Alsace, F and Sand, Ba-Wü, BRD.
  5. ^ Invitation by the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Monterrey to literary workshops and book presentations
personal data
SURNAME Kress-Fricke, Regine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and performance artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel