Vera Ludwig

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| name = Vera Ludwig

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1978|05|05}}

| birth_place = Detmold, Germany

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| nationality = German

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| yearsactive = 2000–present

| occupation = Poet

| website = [http://www.nrw-literatur-im-netz.de/datenbank/autoren/1282-ludwig-vera.html Vera Ludwig] in: NRW Literatur im Netz {{in lang|de}}

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Vera Ludwig (born 5 May 1978, in Detmold) is a German poet.[http://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/466296?rskey=EbnGaw&result=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}}

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.Biographical data of Vera Ludwig. in: Sandtropfen (50 Gedichte)., Martin Werhand Verlag, 2016, p. 65

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[https://books.google.com/books?id=7fRADwAAQBAJ&dq=v.+ludwig+Werhand+melsbach&pg=PA134 Vera Ludwig. In: Annette Riedel, Anne-Christin Linde (Editors): Ethische Reflexion in der Pflege: Konzepte – Werte – Phänomene.] Axel Springer SE, 2018, p. 134. by Martin Werhand Verlag.[https://www.martinwerhandverlag.de/buchreihen/junge-lyrik-reihe-750-gedichte-im-mwv/ Junge Lyrik-Reihe: 750 Gedichte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423160101/https://www.martinwerhandverlag.de/verlag/junge-lyrik-reihe-750-gedichte/ |date=23 April 2017 }}. Martin Werhand Verlag, 2002 From 1999 to 2002 Martin Werhand Verlag published 3 volumes of poetry, each with 750 poems of 50 young, yet unpublished authors.[http://www.ksta.de/junge-lyrik-13963512 Junge Lyrik.] In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 23. Juli 2004. 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.Susanne Schanz: Junge Lyrik in der Uni. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 18. Juli 2000. More poems by Vera Ludwig can be found in the anthology Junge Lyrik III from 2002.Biographical details Vera Ludwig. In: Sandtropfen (50 Gedichte)., Martin Werhand Verlag, 2016, p. 65 In March 2016 she published her first own book of poetry Sandtropfen (Drops of Sand) in the series 50 Gedichte (50 poems)[https://www.martinwerhandverlag.de/buchreihen/lyrik-reihe-50-gedichte-im-mwv/ Vera Ludwig.] In: Lyrik-Reihe: 50 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, 2016 by Martin Werhand Verlag, half a year later her second one with the title Horizont (Horizon) in the series 100 Gedichte (100 poems)[https://www.martinwerhandverlag.de/buchreihen/lyrik-reihe-100-gedichte/ Series: 100 Poems]. Martin Werhand Verlag, 2016 by the same publisher.[https://www.martinwerhandverlag.de/ Vera Ludwig.] In: Martin Werhand Verlag, 2016 Vera Ludwig's poetry is characterized by a direct or metaphorical, psychologically motivated figurative language like the one of Erich Fried[https://books.google.com/books?id=jY-QAwAAQBAJ&q=werhand+Wie+viel+Tod+vertr%C3%A4gt+das+Team%3F%3A+Belastungs-+und+Schutzfaktoren&pg=PA59 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. or Sarah Kirsch.

Vera Ludwig lives and works in Gütersloh.Biographical details of Vera Ludwig. In: Horizont (100 Gedichte)., Martin Werhand Verlag, 2016, p. 115

Publications (selection)

= Books =

Sandtropfen. 50 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2016, 100 p. {{ISBN|978-3-943910-25-4}}.{{cite book|publisher=worldcat.org|title=Sandtropfen 50 Gedichte (Book, 2016) [WorldCat.org] |oclc = 961808235}}
Horizont. 100 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2016, 152 p. {{ISBN|978-3-943910-31-5}}.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/958002085 Vera Ludwig] in WorldCat

= 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.{{cite book|title=Junge Lyrik: (Jahrgänge 1967 – 1982)|author1=Werhand, M.|author2=Findeiß, F.|author3=Weiser, W.|author4=Apstein-Müller, A.C.|author5=Cieslik, F.|author6=Libotte, T.|author7=Litschev, A.|author8=Moskopp, W.|date=2002|volume=3|publisher=Werhand|isbn=9783980639033|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1y6WSgAACAAJ|accessdate=14 November 2016}}

Literature

[https://www.degruyter.com/database/DLLO/entry/dllo.zw.38.35402/html Vera Ludwig] In: Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. Das 20. Jahrhundert Band 38: Loewe – Luttmer, Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2022, {{ISBN|978-3-11-076095-8}}
[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-65461-3 Vera Ludwig] In: Nicolai Riedel Bibliographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Lyrik 1945–2020, Metzler, Heidelberg, 2023, S. 781, {{ISBN|978-3-662-65460-6}}

External links

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[http://www.nrw-literatur-im-netz.de/datenbank/autoren/1282-ludwig-vera.html Vera Ludwig] in: NRW Literatur im Netz {{in lang|de}}