Rolf Wilke
Rolf Wilke (born January 19, 1899 in Swinoujscie , † after August 1967) was a German writer.
Life
Rolf Wilke was born the son of a master shoemaker. He took part in the First World War as a soldier. He then became a teacher and later headmaster in the border region of Posen-West Prussia . In the Second World War he became a soldier again.
After the Second World War, Wilke lived as a freelance writer in Dünsen in Lower Saxony . He was president of the companions and president of the Dünsener poet circle . In 1958 he was awarded the Narrator Prize of the Weichsel-Warthe Landsmannschaft .
Works (selection)
- The emergency route of Friedrich Wilhelm Bärenbrot. The novel-like chronicle of a bitter decade. Verlag Das Viergespann, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe 1960.
- I wave my hat to the sun. Poems. Publisher Der Heidekönig, Harpstedt-Dünsen 1961.
- You whimsical minstrel, you! (= Der Vier Groschen Bogen, sheets for contemporary literature and graphics, No. 21), Laumannsche Verlagsdruckerei, Dülmen 1963.
- Girls, brides, mothers. Martin Weichert Verlag, Hamburg 1964.
literature
- Fritz Raeck: Pomeranian literature. Samples and dates. Pomeranian Central Association, Hamburg 1969, p. 362.
Web links
- Rolf Wilke in the East German biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilke, Rolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Swinoujscie |
| DATE OF DEATH | after August 1967 |