Vera Ludwig

Vera Ludwig
Born	(1978-05-05) 5 May 1978 (age 47) Detmold, Germany
Nationality	German
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]

Life and work

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 ^[4] From 1999 to 2002 Martin Werhand Verlag published 3 volumes of poetry, each with 750 poems of 50 young, yet unpublished authors.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

See also

• Poetry portal

External links

• Literature by and about Vera Ludwig in the German National Library catalogue
• Vera Ludwig Archived 12 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine in: NRW Literatur im Netz (in German)

References

1. Biografical data of Vera Ludwig., In: Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender 2016/2017: Band I: A-O. Band II: P-Z., Walter de Gruyter Incorporated, 2016, p. 621, ISBN   978-3-11-045397-3
2. Biographical data of Vera Ludwig. in: Sandtropfen (50 Gedichte)., Martin Werhand Verlag, 2016, p. 65
3. Vera Ludwig. In: Annette Riedel, Anne-Christin Linde (Editors): Ethische Reflexion in der Pflege: Konzepte – Werte – Phänomene. Axel Springer SE, 2018, p. 134.
4. Junge Lyrik-Reihe: 750 Gedichte Archived 23 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine . Martin Werhand Verlag, 2002
5. Junge Lyrik. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , 23. Juli 2004.
6. Susanne Schanz: Junge Lyrik in der Uni. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , 18. Juli 2000.
7. Biographical details Vera Ludwig. In: Sandtropfen (50 Gedichte)., Martin Werhand Verlag, 2016, p. 65
8. Vera Ludwig. Archived 10 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine In: Lyrik-Reihe: 50 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, 2016
9. Series: 100 Poems Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine . Martin Werhand Verlag, 2016
10. Vera Ludwig. In: Martin Werhand Verlag , 2016
11. Vera Ludwig in David Pfister, Monika Müller (Hrsg): Wie viel Tod verträgt das Team?: Belastungs- und Schutzfaktoren in Hospizarbeit und Palliativmedizin.] Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2014, p. 58-59.
12. Biographical details of Vera Ludwig. In: Horizont (100 Gedichte)., Martin Werhand Verlag, 2016, p. 115
13. Sandtropfen 50 Gedichte (Book, 2016) [WorldCat.org]. worldcat.org. OCLC   961808235.
14. Vera Ludwig in WorldCat
15. Werhand, M.; Findeiß, F.; Weiser, W.; Apstein-Müller, A.C.; Cieslik, F.; Libotte, T.; Litschev, A.; Moskopp, W. (2002). Junge Lyrik: (Jahrgänge 1967 – 1982). Vol. 3. Werhand. ISBN   9783980639033 . Retrieved 14 November 2016.