Ruth Erat
Ruth Erat-Stierli (born August 3, 1951 in Herisau ) is a Swiss teacher , writer , painter and politician .
biography
Ruth Erat grew up in Bern and Arbon . She graduated from the University of Zurich . 1985 doctorate it with a thesis on Mechthild of Magdeburg as a doctor of philosophy . She then worked as a teacher at the teachers' seminar in Rorschach and as a district school councilor, later at the University of Education in Rorschach, then at the national maturity school for adults in Sargans and St. Gallen. Since 2016 she has been working exclusively as a painter and writer . In 1999 she took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt . Today Erat is based in Rheineck , Canton St. Gallen . As a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland , she was a councilor for Rheineck from 1991 to 2001 . From 2004 to 2008 she was a Cantonal Councilor in St. Gallen . She has been in the Arbon city parliament since 2015.
Ruth Erat is the author of narrative works and a member of the Association of Authors of Switzerland , the Artists' Professional Association Visarte and the Swiss Werkbund .
Awards
- 1990 Workers' Literature Prize
- 1995 Acknowledgment Prize from the St. Gallische Kulturstiftung
- 2000 Book Prize of the Canton of Bern
Works
- "Thu spoke dú ellende Sele" , Zurich 1985
- Moosbrand , Frankfurt am Main 1999
- The tool case in space, Frauenfeld 2009
- Wings hung up to dry, Frauenfeld 2017
- The world is floating in the sea, Frauenfeld 2019
- together with Irène Bourquin, With a raised paddle, Warth TG 2020
- Editing
- Assessment, Assessment , St. Gallen 1993
Web links
- Literature by and about Ruth Erat in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ruth Erat's website
- Entry about Ruth Erat in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
- Page about Ruth Erat's participation in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition 1999 , with video portrait
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SURNAME | Erat, Ruth |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Erat-Stierli, Ruth (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss teacher, writer, painter and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1951 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Herisau |