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Elke Erb

エルケ・エルプ

Eruke Erupu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1938-02-18 (Scherbach (today part of Rheinbach))
Died
2024-01-22 (Berlin) age 85
Nationality
Germany
Languages
German, Russian
Residence History
Scherbach → Halle → Berlin

Career

Occupations
Author, Poet, Literary editor, Translator
Active Years
1968-2024
Affiliations
Mitteldeutscher Verlag
Memberships
Academy of Arts, Berlin

Education

Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Languages / German and Russian
Degree: 教師資格
Period: 1959-1963
Year of Graduation: 1963
Country: Germany

Awards

Peter Huchel Prize
1988
Work: Kastanienallee
Result: 受賞
Heinrich Mann Prize
1990
Result: 受賞(アドルフ・エンドラーと共同)
Ehrengabe der Schillerstiftung
1993
Organization: Deutsche Schillerstiftung
Result: 受賞
Rahel Varnhagen von Ense Medal
1994
Result: 受賞
Erich Fried Prize
1995
Result: 受賞
Ida Dehmel Literature Prize
1995
Result: 受賞
Norbert Conrad Kaser Prize
1999
Category: 抒情詩
Result: 受賞
F.-C. Weiskopf Prize
1999
Organization: Berlin Academy of Arts
Result: 受賞
Hans Erich Nossack Prize
2007
Result: 受賞(全体業績)
Prize of the Literature Houses
2011
Result: 受賞
Erlangen Literature Prize for Translated Poetry
2011
Result: 受賞
Roswitha Prize
2012
Result: 受賞
Georg Trakl Prize for Lyric Poetry
2012
Result: 受賞
Ernst Jandl Prize
2013
Result: 受賞
Anke Bennholdt Thomsen Prize
2014
Category: 抒情詩
Organization: German Schiller Foundation
Result: 受賞
Liliencron Docenture
2016
Category: 抒情詩
Result: 受賞
Mörike Prize
2018
Organization: Town of Fellbach
Result: 受賞
Bundesverdienstkreuz
2019
Result: 受賞
Georg Büchner Prize
2020
Organization: German Academy for Language and Literature
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Gutachten

1975 Poesie und Prosa

Collection of poetry and prose

Everyday lifePolitics

Kastanienallee

1987 Texts and Commentaries

Texts and commentaries

MemoryUrban life

Bibliography

  • Gutachten. Poesie und Prosa (1975)
  • Einer schreit: Nicht! (1976)
  • Der Faden der Geduld (1978)

Translations by Author

  • Marina Tsvetaeva translations (1974)
  • Oleg Yuryev: Halbinsel Judatin (2014)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ConciseImage-rich
Recurring Motifs
NaturePolitical oppression

Health

  • Mental health issues
    1965-1966
    Hospitalization

Legacy

Prominent East German poet and translator, recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize.

Trivia

  • Her father Ewald Erb was a Marxist literary historian.
  • Younger sister Ute Erb is also an author-poet.