Sabine Wichert Explained

Sabine Wichert
Birth Date:8 June 1942
Birth Place:Graudenz, West Prussia
Death Date:8 September 2014
Death Place:Belfast

Sabine Wichert (8 June 1942 – 8 September 2014), was a German born poet and historian who lived in Northern Ireland

Biography

Born Sabine Wichert on 8 June 1942 in Graudenz, West Prussia which is now Grudziadz, Poland, Wichert was educated in West Germany. She studied at the University of Frankfurt, the Free University of Berlin and the University of Mannheim. She also studied at the London school of Economics and Oxford University in Britain. She first came to Belfast as a tourist.[1] [2] [3] [4]

She worked at Queen's University, Belfast from 1971 teaching history but with an interest in the visual arts. She wrote poetry about her adopted homeland and edited the work of historian ATQ Stewart. She retired in 2007. She died of lung cancer in Belfast on 8 September 2014. Wichert was cremated at Roselawn and was returned to Germany by her brothers Peter and Christian.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

She was a member of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland until 1994 and she was appointed to the Board of the Tyrone Guthrie Centre by the Arts Councils of Ireland.[1] [2]

Bibliography

Poetry

Non fiction

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wichert . Sabine . Authors . Lagan Press . 2019-12-09.
  2. Web site: OBITUARY: Sabine Wichert came as a tourist, and made NI home . Belfast News Letter . 2014-11-02 . 2019-12-09.
  3. Web site: Sabine wichert . Troubles Archive . 2014-09-08 . 2019-12-09.
  4. Web site: Obituary: Lecturer and poet Sabine Wichert fell in love with city . BelfastTelegraph.co.uk . 2014-10-01 . 2019-12-09.
  5. Web site: Wilson . Erin K. . Sabine Wichert, 1942-2014 . Times Higher Education (THE) . 2014-10-16 . 2019-12-09.
  6. Web site: Sabine Wichert . Ricorso . 2019-12-09.
  7. The role of nationalism in the Northern Ireland conflict . History of European Ideas . 16 . 1–3 . 1993-01-01 . 0191-6599 . 10.1016/S0191-6599(05)80108-1 . 109–114 . 2019-12-09. Wichert . Sabine .