Sepp Maier (local poet)

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Josef "Sepp" Maier (born March 16, 1939 in Bruck an der Mur , Styria ) is a Styrian homeland poet and humorist.

Life

Josef Maier grew up in the Zlattengraben in Pernegg an der Mur as the son of the worker Josef Maier and his wife Wilhelmine. He first learned the profession of bricklayer. In 1978 he became a postman because he found inspiration for his poetic work through contact with the people of his home community. In 1961 he married Hemma Schmidt. Daughter Barbara and son Wolfgang emerged from the marriage.

Literary activity

In his poems with the facet “middle Murtal” of the Styrian dialect, Sepp Maier primarily takes a position on everyday reality. First he brought out five booklets with dialect poems and three in written language. He created three anthologies together with Hofrat Adler, four anthologies with Hans Prassl, and another three with dialect poems by Maier were published by the Association of Styrian Homeland Poets. Three books were published by Verlag für Collectors , which later became part of Leopold Stocker Verlag , in Graz. In addition, Maier publishes in the Kapfenberger Reibeisen .

Works

  • Mrs. Semperl, Mrs. Suderl and the Keppelthres. Upper Styrian Printing House, Leoben 1981
  • Dear - tears. songs, dreams, longings, joys, sorrow, suffering, pain. Langenwang, Kurz 1986
  • Des wa jo glocht. Funny poems in Styrian dialect. Lueger, Pernegg 1995
  • What mia in the gaunzn Joahr zan celebrate hobm. A reading book with poems and stories in Styrian dialect. Edited by Alois Adler and Sepp Maier. Verlag für Collectors , Graz 1997, ISBN 3-85365-152-6 (2nd edition 2001)
  • Funny through life. Poems in Styrian dialect. Verlag für Collectors, Graz 1998, ISBN 3-85365-157-7
  • Hiatz is only punched now. Poems in Styrian dialect. Verlag für Collectors, Graz 2000, ISBN 3-85365-179-8
  • Towards Christmas A selection from Sepp Maier's Advent and Christmas poems. Self-published, Pernegg 2002

Awards

  • 1999: Dr. Karl Panzenbeck Memorial Prize
  • 2005: Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Styria
  • 2010: Ring of honor of the municipality of Pernegg an der Mur

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personal data
SURNAME Maier, Sepp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maier, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian (Styrian) native poet
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruck an der Mur