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Erika Burkart

1922-02-08 – 2010-04-14

Life & Legacy

Erika Burkart (8 February 1922 – 14 April 2010) was a Swiss writer, teacher and poet. She wrote poems and epic poems, and received international recognition. Burkart was the recipient of many awards, among them the Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis, the Gottfried-Keller-Preis, the Joseph-Breitbach-Preis, and the Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-Preis. She was also awarded the Grand Prize of the Swiss Schiller Foundation, the only woman to have received the prize.

Occupation & Career

poet, writer, librettist, teacher, author, pedagogue

Faith & Community

reformed

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Schiller prize; Ida-Dehmel-Literaturpreis; Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize; Joseph-Breitbach-Preis; Gottfried-Keller-Preis; Droste-Preis; Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis; Aargau Literature Award

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Honors & Awards

Aargau Literature Award · Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize · Droste-Preis · Gottfried-Keller-Preis · Ida-Dehmel-Literaturpreis · Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis · Joseph-Breitbach-Preis · Schiller prize

Church

reformed

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q124519 — wikidata View source

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