Carola Matthiesen
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Carola Matthiesen | |
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| Born | 9 November 1925 Eslohe, Germany |
| Died | 29 April 2015 (aged 89) |
| Occupations | educator, librarian, writer and poet |
Carola Matthiesen (9 November 1925 in Eslohe – 29 April 2015) was a German educator, librarian, writer and poet.[1]
After attending school and training as a teacher, Carola Matthiesen briefly pursued her career as a kindergarten teacher. Further training focused on literature followed. She married in 1954 and three years later their son was born. From 1971 –1987, Mathiesen was first the deputy director and then the president of the Meschede City Library. She died on 29 April 2015, and was laid to rest in the South Cemetery on Steinstrasse in Meschede.[2]
Carola Matthiesen was a member of the German Haiku Society, the Westphalian Literary Office, the Christian Lavant Society and the Friends of Poetry in Innsbruck, as well as a founding member of the Koch Christian Society.[3]
