Vera Ludwig Explained

Vera Ludwig
Birth Date:	1978 5, df=y
Birth Place:	Detmold, Germany
Nationality:	German
Yearsactive:	2000–present
Occupation:	Poet

Vera Ludwig (born 5 May 1978, in Detmold) is a German poet.^[1]

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.^[2]

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^[3] by Martin Werhand Verlag.^[4] From 1999 to 2002 Martin Werhand Verlag published 3 volumes of poetry, each with 750 poems of 50 young, yet unpublished authors.^[5] In connection with this some of the authors, among them Vera Ludwig, participated in a series of readings of their works at the University of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.^[6] More poems by Vera Ludwig can be found in the anthology Junge Lyrik III from 2002.^[7] In March 2016 she published her first own book of poetry Sandtropfen (Drops of Sand) in the series 50 Gedichte (50 poems)^[8] by Martin Werhand Verlag, half a year later her second one with the title Horizont (Horizon) in the series 100 Gedichte (100 poems)^[9] by the same publisher.^[10] Vera Ludwig's poetry is characterized by a direct or metaphorical, psychologically motivated figurative language like the one of Erich Fried^[11] or Sarah Kirsch.

Vera Ludwig lives and works in Gütersloh.^[12]

Publications (selection)

Books

• Sandtropfen. 50 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2016, 100 p. .^[13]
• Horizont. 100 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2016, 152 p. .^[14]

Anthologies

• Junge Lyrik II – 50 Dichterinnen und Dichter. Anthology, Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2000, .
• Junge Lyrik III – 50 Dichterinnen und Dichter. Anthology, Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2002, . Also second, revised edition.^[15]

Literature

• Vera Ludwig In: Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. Das 20. Jahrhundert Band 38: Loewe – Luttmer, Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2022,
• Vera Ludwig In: Nicolai Riedel Bibliographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Lyrik 1945–2020, Metzler, Heidelberg, 2023, S. 781,

Notes and References

1. http://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/466296?rskey=EbnGaw&result=1 Biografical data of Vera Ludwig.
2. Biographical data of Vera Ludwig. in: Sandtropfen (50 Gedichte)., Martin Werhand Verlag, 2016, p. 65
3. 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.
4. Junge Lyrik-Reihe: 750 Gedichte . Martin Werhand Verlag, 2002
5. http://www.ksta.de/junge-lyrik-13963512 Junge Lyrik.
6. Susanne Schanz: Junge Lyrik in der Uni. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 18. Juli 2000.
7. Biographical details Vera Ludwig. In: Sandtropfen (50 Gedichte)., Martin Werhand Verlag, 2016, p. 65
8. https://www.martinwerhandverlag.de/buchreihen/lyrik-reihe-50-gedichte-im-mwv/ Vera Ludwig.
9. Series: 100 Poems. Martin Werhand Verlag, 2016
10. https://www.martinwerhandverlag.de/ Vera Ludwig.
11. 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
12. Biographical details of Vera Ludwig. In: Horizont (100 Gedichte)., Martin Werhand Verlag, 2016, p. 115
13. Book: worldcat.org. Sandtropfen 50 Gedichte (Book, 2016) [WorldCat.org] . 961808235.
14. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/958002085 Vera Ludwig
15. Book: Junge Lyrik: (Jahrgänge 1967 – 1982). Werhand, M.. Findeiß, F.. Weiser, W.. Apstein-Müller, A.C.. Cieslik, F.. Libotte, T.. Litschev, A.. Moskopp, W.. 2002. 3. Werhand. 9783980639033. 14 November 2016.