Elke Erb
Elke Erb
Elke Erb, born in Rheinbach near Bonn in 1938, is an editor, author and translator. She is a member of the Saxon Academy of Arts and was made a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin in May 2012. Elke Erb passed away in Berlin on 22 January 2024.
Elke Erb, born in Rheinbach near Bonn in 1938, is an editor, author and translator. She is a member of the Saxon Academy of Arts and was made a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin in May 2012. Elke Erb passed away in Berlin on 22 January 2024.
Awards (selection)
Büchner Prize 2020
Büchner Prize 2020
PUBLICATIONS
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Year of Publication: 2020
Elke ErbYear of Publication: 2020
That Is the Case Here
In 2020 Elke Erb’s poetic and essayistic work entered its fifth decade. What started in 1975 with the volume Gutachten continues to this day: her most recent volume, published in 2019, is entitled Gedichtverdacht. Between those years lie more than fifteen publications in which Elke Erb realised not only new ways of writing but also new genres, such as the essayistic long...
Year of Publication: 2009
Oleg JurjewYear of Publication: 2009
Russian Cargo
Attempting to evade criminals threatening his life, Veniamin Jasytschnik flees onto a Ukrainian freighter in the port of St. Petersburg. A ghost ship, as it turns out, carrying on board with it –...
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Greece (Vakxikon)