Barbara Köhler
Barbara Köhler (11 April 1959 – 8 January 2021) was a German poet and translator. She was born in Burgstädt, East Germany, but was raised in Penig. She studied at the German Institute for Literature, Johannes R. Becher Literature Institute in Leipzig in 1985. She was there for three years then later started writing for magazines. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, she was able to publish her first collection, ''Deutsches Roulette'', meaning German Roulette, in 1991 with the publishing company Suhrkamp Verlag. Many more publications such as her poetry collection ''Blue Box'' (1995) and ''Wittgensteins Nichte'' (1999), meaning Wittgenstein's Niece, came soon afterwards. She released ''Niemands Frau'', her most well known work, in 2007. Meaning Nobody's Wife, ''Niemands Frau'' tells the story of the Odyssey in the perspective of its female characters. Köhler explains in her Afterword this was done so as to not make them "there in the story as though they weren’t really there: ...
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Burgstädt
Burgstädt () is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 12 km northwest of Chemnitz. Sons and daughters of the city * Erich Gleixner (1920-1962), footballer * Peter Jahr Peter Jahr (born 24 April 1959) is a German politician who served as a member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2024. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Pa ... (born 1959), politician (CDU) * Barbara Köhler (born 1959), lyricist * Rico Lieder (born 1971), athlete * Gerhard Wahrig (1923-1978), lexicographer References Mittelsachsen {{Mittelsachsen-geo-stub ...
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