Vera Piller

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Vera Piller (born Vera Kinz ; born December 31, 1949 in Wiesbaden ; † May 1983 in Switzerland) was a German-Swiss writer and singer. She is known as the «poet of the youth unrest of 1980 ».

Live and act

Piller moved to Zurich in 1968 , where she married the Swiss artist Dominique Piller . In 1979 Kaputtmacher AG Sons et Co appeared with photos of her husband, and in 1980 a volume with children's songs. She took part in a tour of the group «Holde und Unholde», which also includes the musicians Gudrun Racine, Erich Nussbaum, Burhan Öçal and the writer Werner Bucher , sang her children's songs and read her poems.

As editor of the literary magazine Orte , she compiled the themed issues “Women” ( Orte , 33) and “Knast” ( Orte , 37). In 1981 her radio play Goldfische was broadcast on Radio DRS and the play Künstler - aber wie Leben? was premiered in the Rote Fabrik in Zurich. In 1983 Vera Piller died of a cerebral infarction in her apartment .

In memory of Vera Piller, the "Vera Piller Poetry Prize" was awarded by the magazine Orte from 1984 to 1991 . In 2005, Im Sonnenausverkauf the best beam was published as the first volume of a planned complete edition by Orte-Verlag.

Works

  • Kaputtmacher AG Sons et Co. With photos by Dominique Piller. Eco-Verlag, Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-85637-019-6 .
  • Children's songs - I make little songs out of my great pain. With an introduction by Werner Bucher . Eco-Verlag, Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-85647-028-X .
  • Do what you want with it. Poetry and prose. Edited by Rolf Thut. Eco-Verlag, Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-85647-068-9 .
  • Get the best ray in the sun sale. Poems. Edited by Werner Bucher and Virgilio Masciadri . Orte-Verlag, Zelg-Wolfhalden / Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-85830-128-0 .

literature

  • Barbara Traber : “Sometimes I am no longer afraid of anything” - Vera Piller (1949–1983), poet of the youth unrest of 1980. In: Orte , Vol. 28 (2005), H. 140, pp. 4–5.
  • Tobias Mahlow: "A black sun that casts bright rays" - on the 30th anniversary of the death of Wiesbaden-born Vera Piller. In: Wiesbadener: the city's magazine. 2013, H. 1, pp. 10-12.

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personal data
SURNAME Piller, Vera
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden
DATE OF DEATH May 1983
Place of death Switzerland