Ursula Haeusgen
Ursula Haeusgen (born April 22, 1942 in Munich ) is the founder and patron of the Lyrik Kabinett in Munich, which is now the second largest public poetry collection in Europe after the Poetry Library in London and the largest open-access library in Germany specializing in poetry .
Live and act
Haeusgen is the heiress of the hydraulic company HAWE Hydraulik . In 1989 she founded a (no longer existing) bookstore for poetry in Munich.
Her donation of an inventory of poetry volumes from all over the world, artist books , rare first editions as well as selected secondary and reference literature from the inventory of the bookstore for poetry formed the basis of the “Lyrik Kabinett”. After an initially planned accommodation in the Literaturhaus Munich had failed, in 1997 she left the poetry library on an interim basis to the Institute for General and Comparative Literature ( Comparative Literature ) of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (LMU ) as a " permanent loan to promote research, teaching and study" ).
The Lyrik Kabinett is now supported by a non-profit association and a foundation headed by Haeusgen (1st chairwoman of the “Lyrik Kabinett eV” founded in 1994 and chairwoman of the “Lyrik Kabinett Foundation” established in 2003). Ursula Haeusgen has provided her foundation with capital and annually also provides the financial means for new acquisitions and library staff. After Haeusgen had a new library building built in 2004 on a plot of land made available by LMU on lease terms for 66 years, the Lyrik Kabinett moved into these rooms in spring 2005; readings are also held there, surrounded by works of contemporary art.
Since 2006 she has published the book series "Edition Lyrik Kabinett" together with the writer Raoul Schrott and the publisher Michael Krüger .
family
Ursula Haeusgen is widowed and has three sons, three daughters-in-law and seven grandchildren. Her son Karl (* 1966) is now a member of the three-person board of the Lyrik Kabinett Foundation.
Honors
In 1999 she was awarded the “Silver Pen” by the Munich “ Foundation for the Promotion of Literature ”, in 2000 she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon and in 2003 the Schwabing Art Prize endowed with 5,000 euros . On June 10, 2005, Haeusgen was honored for her services with the highest distinction of the LMU, the honorary senator . In 2007 she was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit . In 2009 she received the Horst Bienek Prize for cultural mediation from the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts . In 2015 Ursula Haeusgen received the Maecenas award from the working group of independent cultural institutes for her "exemplary promotion of German and international poetry and the great commitment to her Lyrik Kabinett Foundation" .
Web links
- The Lyrik Kabinett Munich / The Lyrik Kabinett Foundation
- "A house made of glass and verse" , article about Ursula Haeusgen and her "Lyrik Kabinett", by Wieland Freund , in: "Die Welt", March 4, 2005
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.vdma.org/documents/105628/26455710/vdma-lebenslauf-haeusgen.pdf
- ↑ Schwabinger Art Prize on München.de (accessed on July 26, 2011)
- ^ Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haeusgen, Ursula |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German patroness, founder and head of the Lyrik Kabinett in Munich |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |