Meinolf Finke (born 14 August 1963 in

Arnsberg Arnsberg (; wep, Arensperg) is a town in the Hochsauerland county, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the location of the Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg administration and one of the three local administration offices of the Hoch ...

) is a German writer and poet.

Life and career

Meinolf Finke was born 1963 in Arnsberg (

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). After obtaining the Abitur at ''Gymnasium Laurentianum Arnsberg'', military service and a training as banker he started his studies of business economics at

University of Bamberg The University of Bamberg (german: Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg) in Bamberg, Germany, specializes in the humanities, cultural studies, social sciences, economics, and applied computer science. Campus The university is mainly housed in ...

in 1987, which he completed with the degree of a graduate in business administration. After that he went for local language studies to

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. Since 1993 he has been working in the field of tax accountancy and auditing in the

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. In addition to his professional activities in accountancy, Finke developed his talent in writing, preferably poetry. He first published some of his poems in the anthology of poetry ''Die Jahreszeiten der Liebe''. In March 2014 his first own book of poetry ''Zauberwelten'' in the series ''100 Poems'' was published by

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. His second book of poetry followed in November 2015, edited by

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and entitled ''Lichtgestöber'' in the series ''100 Sonnets'' by the same publisher. His third book was published December 2016 in the series ''50 Sonnets'' entitled ''Wintersonne''. Another book in the series ''50 Sonnets'', entitled ''Goldregenzeit'' was published in September 2017. In December 2019, a best-of-volume with Finke's poems was published in the series 250 poems in the MWV under the title ''Blütenlese''. Meinolf Finke's poetry is characterized by a classical, predominantly romantic style, as he often writes traditional sonnets similar to those by

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. Meinolf Finke lives and works in

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Publications (selection)

Books

* ''Zauberwelten.'' 100 Gedichte.

, Melsbach 2014, 142 p. . * ''Lichtgestöber.'' 100 Sonette.

, Melsbach 2015, 164 p. . * ''Wintersonne.'' 50 Sonette.

, Melsbach 2016, 120 p. . * ''Goldregenzeit.'' 50 Sonette.

, Melsbach 2017, 120 p. . * ''Blütenlese.'' 250 Gedichte.

, Melsbach 2019, 302 p. .

Anthologies

* ''Die Jahreszeiten der Liebe.'' Anthology,

, Melsbach 2006, .''Meinolf Finke.'' In: ''Die Jahreszeiten der Liebe.'', Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach, 2006
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External links

Official website of Meinolf Finke
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in:

NRW Literatur im Netz NRW Literatur im Netz is a German internet database with short biographies of persons who have lived or worked in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Westphälische Literaturbüro (Westphalian office for literature) in Unna operates the biggest database ...

Meinolf Finke in: WorldCat

Meinolf Finke
in: Lexikon Westfälischer Autorinnen und Autoren

References

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