Rolf Persch

Rolf Persch (born June 7, 1949 in Bonn ; † March 5, 2015 in Blankenheim ) was a German writer and reciter .

Life

After attending elementary and commercial school, Rolf Persch completed an apprenticeship as a wholesaler . From 1966 he made extensive trips to Greece , Spain , Italy , Turkey , Syria and (by bike) to Marrakech / Morocco . Persch carried out various activities, including a. he was a taxi driver , circus worker, small actor and extras in television productions . From 1969 to 1974 he was addicted to opiates . In 1974 a sentence to a term of imprisonment for illegal drug possession , but the parole was suspended. After he had overcome his drug addiction through his own efforts in the early 1980s , Persch turned to literature. He began writing short poems , also appeared as a reciter of his own texts and took part in numerous literary festivals. In 1997 he received a residency grant from the artist village of Schöppingen . He has lived in the Eifel since 1999 , there since 2007 in Üxheim , and in Cologne . He died on March 5, 2015 in the Ahrdorf district of Blankenheim .

laborious with left, edition fundamental, Cologne 1988
ALINEA 1, new texts, edition fundamental, Cologne 1991
rhymes seide schoko labe, Herbstpresse wien, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-900476-03-8
my chair and me, edition fundamental, Cologne 1994
the dress of our fragrance, edition fundamental, Cologne 1999
don't be afraid to call me an outboard motor, edition fundamental, Cologne 2004
alcohol-free beer alcoholics, CD, marzellen verlag, Cologne, ISBN 3-937795-00-6
von possibilities, LYRIK EDITION 2000, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-86520-202-0
dishwasher in rush, LYRIK EDITION 2000, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-86906-089-7
I've always said goodbye - Rolf Persch, poems , edited by Norbert Hummelt , with a biographical essay by Sabine Schiffner , Sprungturm Verlag, Cologne 2016, ISBN 978-3-9816990-8-1 .