Karin Kiwus (born 9 November 1942) is a German

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from

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. After studying

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and

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she worked as an editor as well as a university teacher in

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. She was the domestic partner of the German film director

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until his death in 2006. She has been active in the field of

collaborative poetry Collaborative or collective poetry is an alternative and creative technique for writing poetry by more than one person. The principal aim of collaborative poetry is to create poems with multiple collaborations from various authors. In a common examp ...

, writing

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under the guidance of

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.Look Japan: Volume 48, Issues 553-564. 2002, p4

Works

*"Von beiden Seiten der Gegenwart". Poems. 1976. *"Vom Essen und Trinken". 1978. *"Angenommen später". Poems. 1979.

References

1942 births Living people German poets Writers from Berlin German political scientists German women poets Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin German-language poets Women political scientists {{Germany-poet-stub