Volker Gallé

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Volker Gallé (born May 3, 1955 in Alzey ) is a German dialect author and songwriter.

Life

After graduating from high school on Frankenstrasse in Alzey, Gallé studied German, philosophy and ethnology in Mainz. He completed his studies in 1980 as an MA . He then worked as a music teacher and music therapist and was active as a journalist and in the field of cultural management. On behalf of the city of Worms , he developed the concept for the Nibelungen Festival in 1998 . In 2004 he was hired in Worms as the city's cultural coordinator; His area of ​​responsibility includes coordinating the various communal and private activities in Worms, organizing his own events and planning cultural development.

Since his youth, Gallé has written and set to music literary texts, mostly in the Rhine-Hessian dialect . He has recorded several CDs in various folk formations . In addition, books were published around 1980, initially poetry and short stories, and later travel guides and publications on regional history. In 1993 his play Jakobinischer Bilderbogen was performed in the Mainzer Kammerspiele .

Gallé is honorary chairman of the Nibelungenliedgesellschaft in Worms and deputy chairman of the support association " Projekt Osthofen ".

In 2014, Gallé received the Jakob Steffan Prize from the association “Rheinhessen gegen Rechts” for his work in the support association “Projekt Osthofen” and his work against right-wing extremism . In the same year he was honored for his services to the Rhine Hessian dialect with the “Prize of Emichsburg” of the Palatinate dialect poet contest. In 2015 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his cultural commitment and memorial work.

Gallé is one of the intellectual initiative fathers of the anniversary year 2016: "200 years of Rheinhessen".

Works (selection)

Books

  • Rheinhessen - Heaven and Earth (2015)
  • Fritz von Dalberg: On Invention and Education (2012)
  • wings flap of the raven. poems (2010)
  • Art travel guide Rheinhessen. Culture and history in the hill country between Worms and Bingen, Alzey and Mainz . 4th edition. Leinpfad Verlag, Ingelheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-942291-03-3 .
  • rhein.hessen.blues. 75 poetic texts (2008)
  • Alzeyer Heads (2007)
  • Gallé's Rheinhessen house postil. Landscape descriptions (2005)
  • C'est la cattle. Barbaric Glossolalia from French Mayan Asia (2001)
  • That was the 20th century in Worms (2000)
  • Upper Rhine freedom trees. Political-cultural travel guide (1999)
  • Alzey. Photographic history of a small town in Rheinhessen (1998)
  • The Wonnegau (1997)
  • Cityscapes from Alzey (1995)
  • Mysterious Rhineland-Palatinate (1995)
  • Worms as it used to be (1994)
  • Children's poems (1980)
  • Movements. 50 poems (1979)

Sound carrier

  • Nibelungenblues (2002; audio book )
  • Fromaasch on voyage. Dialect Dada, Jazz and World Music (2001)
  • Sprachétrangerie. Texts and songs in dialect (1999)
  • The Forty-Eight or Johann Balthasar Schnitt's Final Journey to the Upstream Islands of Freedom (1998)
  • De wind hott kaan hatred. Dialect Chansons (1997)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Malu Dreyer awards the Jakob Steffan Prize 2014. (No longer available online.) October 25, 2014, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on February 28, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rheinhessen-gegen-rechts.de
  2. ↑ Worms - Volker Gallé awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on mrn-news.de, February 5, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Gallé, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dialect author and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Alzey