Bonn
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) is a German writer and poet.
Life and career
Thorsten Libotte was born 1972 in Bonn (
North Rhine-Westphalia
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). After graduating from high school and subsequent military duty he began his biology studies at the
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
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in the fall of 1992. In the spring of 2001 he moved to the
University of Cologne
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to research as a doctoral fellow at the Faculty of Medicine and received his PhD in the summer of 2004.
In addition to normal studies and professional activities, he developed his talent as a writer. Since the late 1990s, he is represented as a poet with various publications in numerous poetry anthologies, including three volumes of the Young Poetry Series ''Junge Lyrik'' at the
Martin Werhand Verlag
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. Furthermore, he contributed to the classic series ''Gedichte zur Weihnacht'' at the
Reclam
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In 2006 the
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AG under the direction of Dr. Joachim Tuz started a visual lyrical project called ''Poetry in Motion (Poesie bewegt)'' with many modern authors and their contemporary poems, Thorsten Libotte among them.
In March 2014 his own first book of poetry ''Quintessenz'' appeared in the series ''100 Gedichte'' at
Martin Werhand Verlag
The Martin Werhand Verlag is a German publishing house with a focus on contemporary literature and poetry. More than 25% of the 150 published authors have an immigrant background with parents who were born outside of Germany and have their roots ...
. His second poetry book was published in the same year under the name ''Mitbürger''. His third book of poems ''Zapping'' appeared in the series ''250 Gedichte'' and was published at Martin Werhand Verlag in November 2015.
Thorsten Libotte is father of two kids and lives with his family in
Ruppichteroth
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Districts
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.
Publications (selection)
Books
* ''Quintessenz.'' 100 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2014, 136 p. .
* ''Mitbürger.'' 100 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2014, 136 p. .
* ''Zapping.'' 250 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2015, 294 p. .
Anthologies (selection)
* ''Junge Lyrik – 50 Dichterinnen und Dichter.'' Anthology, Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 1999, .
* ''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.
* ''Die Jahreszeiten der Liebe.'' Anthology, Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2006, .
* ''Gedichte zur Weihnacht.'' Anthology, Reclam Verlag, Ditzingen 2009, .
* ''Gedanken wie Schmetterlinge.'' Anthology, Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2010, .''Thorsten Libotte.'' In: ''Gedanken wie Schmetterlinge.'', Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart, 2010, p. 45 /ref>
Literatur
Thorsten Libotte In: ''Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. Das 20. Jahrhundert Band 36: Lehmann – Lichtenberg'',
Verlag Walter de Gruyter
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