Stine Andresen (née Jürgens) (1849–1927) was a German poet from the
North Frisian island of
Föhr. Her lyrics often refer to her native island. In addition to poems in
German
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, she wrote some poetry in
Fering North Frisian.
Life and opus
Stine Andresen was born to farmer Jürgen Erich Jürgens in Boldixum (now a part of
Wyk auf Föhr
(Fering, ''Fering'' North Frisian: ''Wik'', ''a Wik'', or ''Bi a Wik''; da, Vyk på Før) is the only town on Föhr, the second largest of the North Frisian Islands on the Germany, German coast of the North Sea. Like the entire island it belongs ...
) and spent most of her life there. Her mother died early. Andresen attended grammar school in Boldixum and improved her education by reading. Quite early she used to write occasional poems which were recited upon festivities. She was friendly with the family of poet
Friedrich Hebbel, and after his death worked as a secretary for Hebbel's widow Christine for some time.
In 1875 she married miller Emil Andresen who died during the 1890s. Already in 1893 poems by Stine Andresen were printed and published. When her financial situation worsened due to the death of her husband, the author Karl Schrattenthal supported her by reprinting her works.
Reception and aftermath
Two of her works were set to music for
choir by composer
Ferdinand Thieriot. The town of Wyk auf Föhr named a street "Stine-Andresen-Weg".
Honours
* 1917 - Friedrich Hebbel Prize
* 1918 - Friedrich Hebbel Prize (together with Hans Groß)
* 1919 - Friedrich Hebbel Prize (together with Hans Groß)
* 1920 - Friedrich Hebbel Prize (together with Hans Groß)
Selected works
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Letters
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External links
Gesammelte Gedichte and picture of Stine Andresen
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1849 births
1927 deaths
People from Wyk auf Föhr
People from the Duchy of Schleswig
North Frisians
19th-century German poets
Writers from Schleswig-Holstein
Frisian writers
German women poets
20th-century German poets
19th-century German women writers
20th-century German women writers
German Frisians