Carola Matthiesen (9 November 1925 in

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– 29 April 2015) was a German

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, writer and poet.

Life

After attending school and training as a teacher, Carola Matthiesen briefly pursued her career as a kindergarten teacher. Further training focused on literature followed. She married in 1954 and three years later their son was born. From 1971 –1987, Mathiesen was first the deputy director and then the president of the Meschede City Library. She died on 29 April 2015, and was laid to rest in the South Cemetery on Steinstrasse in

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. Carola Matthiesen was a member of the German

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Society, the Westphalian Literary Office, the Christian Lavant Society and the Friends of Poetry in

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, as well as a founding member of the Koch Christian Society.

Awards

She has received several national and international awards and prizes. * Haiku Prize for Eulenwinkel and awarding of the title “Senryumeister” from the German Haiku Society e.V. in 2001 * 1st prize in the Haiku competition of the German Haiku Society e.V. in 1999 * 1st Prize Sonnet (as an art form within poetry) from the Society of Poetry Friends in 1995 * 1st prize for ballad poetry from the Society of Poetry Friends in 1994 * Reader's Prize from the Society of Poetry Friends 1993 * Nomination of the volume of poetry “Light of the Star Fields” for the Book Prize of the Evangelical Church of Germany in 1989

Works

* ''Heiter bis wolkig im Sauerland und anderswo'', Brilon, Podszun, 2005, ISBN 3-86133-411-9 * ''Mit leisem Atem'', Göttingen, Graphikum Mock, 2001, ISBN 3-88996-452-4 * ''Spinnwebentage,'' Meschede, Wullenweber, 1992, ISBN 3-926852-05-4 * ''Dämmergrün vor meinem Fenster'', Meschede, Wullenweber, 1989, ISBN 3-926852-03-8 * ''Licht von Sternenfeldern'', Meschede, Wullenweber, 1987, ISBN 3-926852-01-1

References

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