Vera Ludwig
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Vera Ludwig | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 May 1978 Detmold, Germany |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Website | Vera Ludwig in: NRW Literatur im Netz (in German) |
Vera Ludwig (born 5 May 1978, in Detmold) is a German poet.[1]
Vera Julia Ludwig was born in Detmold in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1978. After finishing school with the Abitur at Christian-Dietrich-Grabbe-Gymnasium in 1997 she studied special needs education at the University of Cologne to become a German teacher. In 2004 she started working as a student teacher at a special school in Gütersloh. From 2006 to 2008 she was a teacher at a special school, first in Beckum, later back at her first school in Gütersloh.[2]
Besides working as a teacher she developed her talent as a writer, especially as a poet. She first published some of her poems in 2000 in the anthology Junge Lyrik II[3] by Martin Werhand Verlag.[4] From 1999 to 2002 Martin Werhand Verlag published 3 volumes of poetry, each with 750 poems of 50 young, yet unpublished authors.[5] In connection with this some of the authors, among them Vera Ludwig, participated in a series of readings of their works at the University of Cologne.[6] More poems by Vera Ludwig can be found in the anthology Junge Lyrik III from 2002.[7] In March 2016 she published her first own book of poetry Sandtropfen (Drops of Sand) in the series 50 Gedichte (50 poems)[8] by Martin Werhand Verlag, half a year later her second one with the title Horizont (Horizon) in the series 100 Gedichte (100 poems)[9] by the same publisher.[10] Vera Ludwig's poetry is characterized by a direct or metaphorical, psychologically motivated figurative language like the one of Erich Fried[11] or Sarah Kirsch.
Vera Ludwig lives and works in Gütersloh.[12]
Publications (selection)
Books
- Sandtropfen. 50 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2016, 100 p. ISBN 978-3-943910-25-4.[13]
- Horizont. 100 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2016, 152 p. ISBN 978-3-943910-31-5.[14]
Anthologies
- Junge Lyrik II – 50 Dichterinnen und Dichter. Anthology, Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2000, ISBN 3-9806390-0-2.
- Junge Lyrik III – 50 Dichterinnen und Dichter. Anthology, Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2002, ISBN 3-9806390-3-7. Also second, revised edition.[15]
Literature
- Vera Ludwig In: Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. Das 20. Jahrhundert Band 38: Loewe – Luttmer, Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2022, ISBN 978-3-11-076095-8
- Vera Ludwig In: Nicolai Riedel Bibliographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Lyrik 1945–2020, Metzler, Heidelberg, 2023, S. 781, ISBN 978-3-662-65460-6
