Olaf Velte (born 7 June 1960) is a German writer.

Life

Born in

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Bad Homburg vor der Höhe () is the district town of the Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, on the southern slope of the Taunus mountains. Bad Homburg is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. The town's official name is ''Bad Homburg v.d.Höhe'', w ...

, After graduating from school in 1979, Velte initially trained as a publishing house clerk from 1981-1984. He then studied German language and literature, philosophy and theatre, film and television studies until 1994 at the Goethe University Frankfurt.Autorenprofil-Kurzbiografie beim Dielmann-Verlag
retrieved 23 February 2021 Velte writes poems, stories, essays, texts for radio and book reviews. He has been a freelance author and shepherd since 1993. In addition, he directs a freelance theatre group and has worked as a journalist for daily newspapers and newsletters since 2007. On 21 July 2020, the HR-Hessenschau broadcast a portrait of the lyricist. A 43-minute long portrait was broadcast by the Hr radio culture channel HR2 on 20 January 2020 in the series "Doppelkopf".Doppelkopf: Am Tisch mit Olaf Velte, "Taunus-Lyriker"
hr2.de 20 January 2020, retrieved 23 February 2021 In terms of content, Velte's lyrical work is primarily concerned with the people and landscapes of the

Taunus The Taunus is a mountain range in Hesse, Germany, located north of Frankfurt. The tallest peak in the range is '' Großer Feldberg'' at 878 m; other notable peaks are ''Kleiner Feldberg'' (825 m) and '' Altkönig'' (798 m). The Taunus range span ...

in history and the present. He interprets old field names, examines mythical social types such as robbers and field marksmen, and focuses on the Feldberg (879 m) as the most authoritative elevation in the Taunus. Originally, his creativity was stimulated by the generation-typical US

Beat literature The Beat Generation was a literary subculture movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized by Silent Generatione ...

, which was also anchored in the Frankfurt-based , which was groundbreaking for him. Later, in his own volumes of poetry, he dealt with historical greats such as

Eduard Mörike Eduard Friedrich Mörike (8 September 18044 June 1875) was a German Lutheran pastor who was also a Romantic poet and writer of novellas and novels. Many of his poems were set to music and became established folk songs, while others were used by ...

Wilhelm Raabe Wilhelm Raabe (; September 8, 1831November 15, 1910) was a German novelist. His early works were published under the pseudonym of Jakob Corvinus. Biography He was born in Eschershausen (then in the Duchy of Brunswick, now in the Holzminden Distr ...

and

Christian Reuter Christian Reuter (1665 in Kütten – 1712 or later) was a German author. Work He was especially effective in character delineation. In his ''L'honnête femme; oder die ehrliche Frau zu Pfissine'' (“The honest woman of Pfissine,” 1695), he ski ...

. The married father of two children lives and works in Wehrheim/Taunus.

Publications

* ''Niedriger Ackergang.'' Poems. 1995. * ''Ein Kragen aus Erde.'' Stories. 2000. * ''Herr Auditeur Grabbe.'' Tales. 2002. * ''Landmarken.'' Storie. 2003. * ''Neben mir einer, der sich Mörike nennt.'' 2004. * ''Räuber Feuer Brüder.'' Poems. 2005. * ''Mengfrucht.'' Poems, with etchings by Vroni Schwegler. 2006. * ''Träumt Raabe.'' Tales. 2007. * ''Schindäcker rauhe Gärten.'' Stories. Stadtlichter Presse, Wenzendorf 2008, . With an afterword by . * ''Mit der Axt.'' Stories. Stadtlichter Presse, Wenzendorf 2013, . With an afterword by .Olaf Velte: Mit der Axt
planetlyrik.de 12 March 2020, retrieved 23 February 2021 * ''Ein paar Dichter.'' Poems. Axel Dielmann – Verlag, Frankfurt 2013, . * ''Reuters Kiste. Eine Exkursion.'' Axel Dielmann – Verlag, Frankfurt 2015, . * ''Ein gewisser Christian Reuter aus Kütten. Eine Familien- und Hofgeschichte.'' Axel Dielmann – Verlag, Frankfurt 2015, . * ''Unterm Feldberg.'' Poems. Stadtlichter Presse, Wenzendorf 2017, . * ''Die Gänge des Flurschütz.'' Poems, with woodcuts by Heike Küster. Stadtlichter Presse, Wenzendorf 2018. * ''Schmales Licht.'' Stories. Stadtlichter Presse, Wenzendorf 2020, .

Contributions to anthologies and journals (selection)

* (ed.): , Versnetze_zwei, Versnetze_drei. ''Deutschsprachige Lyrik der Gegenwart'' (2008, 2009, 2010). *

Theo Breuer Theo Breuer (born 30 March 1956) is a German poet, essayist, editor, translator and publisher. Life and work Theo Breuer was born in Bürvenich, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany and educated at Cologne University where he studied German an ...

(ed.): ''NordWestSüdOst. Gedichte von Zeitgenossen.'' 2003, . * Shafiq Naz (ed.): ''Der deutsche Lyrikkalender 2010.'' 2009. * Literary magazines: ', ''Der Literaturbote'', '' Faltblatt'', '' Signum'', ''Stadtgelichter'' among others

Awards

* 2003: Förderpreis der Deutschen Schiller-Stiftung von 1859 * 2004: Moldau-Stipendium des Landes Hessen

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