Ulrich Schaffer
Ulrich Schaffer (born December 17, 1942 in Pomerania ) is a writer and photographer .
Life
After the end of the Second World War, the Schaffer family fled to a western zone of occupation . In 1953 the family emigrated to Canada, where Ulrich Schaffer grew up in northern British Columbia . He moved to Vancouver at the age of 18, where he studied English and German language and literature both there and in Hamburg . He then taught European literature at a college for ten years .
Ulrich Schaffer has been a freelance writer, poet and photographer since 1981 . He comes to Germany every year for readings and seminars . The author writes both poetry and prose . He has published numerous illustrated and text books, including large-format and award-winning wall calendars. Texts and photos are typically meditative and close to nature, but also deal with life in general, relationships , psychological-therapeutic aspects , wisdom , astrology and people's search for fulfillment, values and meaning in life .
Ulrich Schaffer has been publishing prose texts and poetry on the online counseling platform "Webseelsorge" since 2001.
Ulrich Schaffer and his wife Waltraud live in Gibsons , on the British Columbia coast. They have two grown daughters.
Selected works
- Despite my guilt. Oncken-Verlag , 1971
- Journal. Oncken, 1982 ISBN 3-7893-7148-3
- with Wilhard Becker : You could live very differently. Stuttgart 1983
- Hug new things. Kreuz-Verlag , 1984 ISBN 3-7831-0739-3
- The Prophet, in: "Have a good journey my brother!" Canadian anthology. Ed. Gottfried Friedrich, Walter E. Riedel. St. Benno Verlag , Leipzig 1986, pp. 291-296
- Because you are unique. Ernst-Kaufmann-Verlag, Lahr 1987, ISBN 3-7806-0506-6
- You are unique. Kreuz, 1996 ISBN 3-7831-1469-1
- Visions. Cross, 2000
- God in the breadth of my imagination. Cross, 2000
- The inner voice. Herder Verlag , 2004
- Let go Kaufmann-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-7806-0644-5
- The miracle is in you. Herder, 2004
- Handbook of the Brave. Cross, 2006, ISBN 3-7831-2799-8
- Tension. Cross, 2006
- I seek with desire. Cross, 2006, ISBN 3-7831-2677-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ulrich Schaffer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage Ulrich Schaffer
Individual evidence
- ^ Impulses from Ulrich Schaffer . webseelsorge.de. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schaffer, Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, poet and photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pomerania |