Heinrich Heine Prize
2 appearances
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Edition 0 (1973) Winner
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Edition 0 (1992) Winner
Sarah Kirsch
サラ・キルシュ
Sara Kirushu
Aliases:
Ingrid Bernstein
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1935-04-16 （Limlingerode, Prussian Saxony (now Hohenstein, Thuringia)）
- Died
- 2013-05-05 age 78
- Nationality
- German
- Languages
- German
- Residence History
- East Germany → West Germany
Career
- Occupations
- poet, writer, translator
- Active Years
- 1964-2013
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg | — | biology | — | — | Germany |
| Johannes R. Becher Institute for Literature | — | literature | — | — | Germany |
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
biology
Country:
Germany
Johannes R. Becher Institute for Literature
literature
Country:
Germany
in Leipzig
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Petrarca-Preis | — | — | — | winner |
| 1980 | Austrian State Prize for European Literature | — | — | — | winner |
| 1993 | Peter Huchel Prize | — | — | — | winner |
| 1996 | Georg Büchner Prize | — | — | Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung | winner |
Petrarca-Preis
1976
Result:
winner
Austrian State Prize for European Literature
1980
Result:
winner
Peter Huchel Prize
1993
Result:
winner
Georg Büchner Prize
1996
Organization:
Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Austrian State Prize for European Literature
1 appearances
-
Edition 15 (1980) Winner
Roswitha Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 11 (1983) Winner
Georg Büchner Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 71 (1996) Winner
Works
Major Works
Landaufenthalt
1967 poetryA collection of poems
nature
Zaubersprüche
1973 poetryA collection of poems
naturefantasy
Rückenwind
1976 poetryA collection of poems
nature
Ice Roses
2014 poetrySelected poems translated into English
nature
Translations
- English translation
Bibliography
- Berlin – Sonnenseite
- Gespräch mit dem Saurier
- Die betrunkene Sonne
- Landaufenthalt
- Zaubersprüche
- Die Pantherfrau
- Rückenwind
- Erdreich
- Katzenleben
- Schneewärme
Translations of Works
- Translations of children's books
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise and image-rich lyrical poetrydelicate nature descriptions
- Recurring Motifs
- catsseasonsnatureanimals
Health
-
brief illness2013年led to her death
Legacy
One of the great German-language post-war poets and the most prominent female representative of that generation. Known mainly for her poetry, but also wrote prose and translated children's books.
Trivia
- Originally born Ingrid Bernstein; changed her first name to Sarah to protest her father's antisemitism.
- Married to poet Rainer Kirsch from 1960 to 1968.
- Protested East Germany's expulsion of Wolf Biermann in 1976, leading to her exclusion from the SED.
- Left East Germany in 1977.