Róža Domašcyna (11 August 1951, in
Zerna,
East Germany
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) is a poet, translator and writer. She writes in German and in the
Upper Sorbian language
Upper Sorbian (), occasionally referred to as Wendish (), is a minority language spoken by Sorbs in the historical province of Upper Lusatia, today part of Saxony, Germany. It is a West Slavic languages, West Slavic language, along with Lower ...
. Winner of the promotional award for Ćišinski-Preis and
Anna Seghers Prize
Anna Seghers Preis is a literary prize of Germany. The prize goes back to the German writer Anna Seghers (1900–1983), who stated in her testament that the revenues from her work should be used to encourage promising young writers. The award is ...
(1998).
Róža Domašcyna at literarny-konopej.de
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Works
* ''Wróćo ja doprědka du'' (English: ''I go back to the front''), 1990
* ''Zaungucker'', 1991
* ''Pře wšě płoty'' (English: ''Over all fences''), 1994
* ''Zwischen gangbein und springbein'', 1995
* ''Der Hase im Ärmel'', Illustration: Angela Hampel
Angela Hampel (born 1956) is a German painter, graphic artist, and installation artist best known for her Neo-expressive prints and paintings of strong female figures from mythology and the Bible.
Early life
Born in 1956 in Räckelwitz near Ka ...
, 1997, 2011
* ''Selbstredend selbzweit selbdritt'', 1998
* ''Kunstgriff am netzwerg'', 1999
* ''Pobate bobate'', 1999
* ''"sp"'', 2001
* ''MY NA AGRA'', 2004
* ''stimmfaden'', 2006
* ''Balonraketa'' (two texts for the theater), 2008
* ''ort der erdung'', 2011
* ''«Prjedy hač woteńdźeš»'', 2011.
* ''Štož ći wětřik z ruki wěje'', 2012
* ''Feldlinien'', 2014
* ''Die dörfer unter wasser sind in deinem kopf beredt'', 2016
* ''znaki pominaki kopolaki'' (together with Měrana Cušcyna and Měrka Mětowa), 2019
* ''W času zeza časa'', 2019
* ''stimmen aus der unterbühne'', 2020
* ''Poesiealbum 354'', 2020
References
Literature
* Dichtung des 20. Jahrhunderts: Meine 24 sächsischen Dichter, Hrsg. Gerhard Pötzsch, 2 CDs, Militzke Verlag Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-86189-935-8
* Dueck, Cheryl. "Selbstredend selbzweit selbdritt: Serpentine selves in the poetry of Róža Domašcyna." ''Canadian Slavonic Papers'' 45, no. 3-4 (2003): 283–294.
1951 births
Living people
People from Bautzen (district)
Sorbian-language writers
Writers from Saxony
German women poets
20th-century German poets
20th-century German women writers
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