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'''Sabine Wichert''' (8 June 1942 – 8 September 2014), was a German born poet and historian from Northern Ireland
'''Sabine Wichert''' (8 June 1942 – 8 September 2014), was a German born poet and historian who lived in Northern Ireland


==Biography==
==Biography==


Born Sabine Wichert on 8 June 1942 in [[Graudenz]], West Prussia which is now Grudziadz, Poland, Wichert was educated in West Germany. She studied in [[Frankfurt]], Marburg, FU Berlin and Mannheim. She also studied in Britain in the [[London school of Economics]] and Oxford. Her first introduction to [[Belfast]] was a visit to the city as a tourist.<ref name="Wichert">{{cite web | last=Wichert | first=Sabine | title=Authors | website=Lagan Press | url=https://www.laganpress.co/authors/sabine-wichert | access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref name="Belfast News Letter 2014">{{cite web | title=OBITUARY: Sabine Wichert came as a tourist, and made NI home | website=Belfast News Letter | date=2014-11-02 | url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/obituary-sabine-wichert-came-as-a-tourist-and-made-ni-home-1-6393341 | access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref name="Troubles Archive 2014">{{cite web | title=Sabine wichert | website=Troubles Archive | date=2014-09-08 | url=http://www.troublesarchive.com/artists/sabine-wichert | access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref name="BelfastTelegraph2014">{{cite web | title=Obituary: Lecturer and poet Sabine Wichert fell in love with city | website=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk | date=2014-10-01 | url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-lecturer-and-poet-sabine-wichert-fell-in-love-with-city-30627413.html | access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref>
Born Sabine Wichert on 8 June 1942 in [[Graudenz]], West Prussia which is now Grudziadz, Poland, Wichert was educated in West Germany. She studied at the [[Goethe University Frankfurt|University of Frankfurt]], the [[Free University of Berlin]] and the [[University of Mannheim]]. She also studied at the [[London school of Economics]] and [[Oxford University]] in Britain. She first came to [[Belfast]] as a tourist.<ref name="Wichert">{{cite web | last=Wichert | first=Sabine | title=Authors | website=Lagan Press | url=https://www.laganpress.co/authors/sabine-wichert | access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref name="Belfast News Letter 2014">{{cite web | title=OBITUARY: Sabine Wichert came as a tourist, and made NI home | website=Belfast News Letter | date=2014-11-02 | url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/obituary-sabine-wichert-came-as-a-tourist-and-made-ni-home-1-6393341 | access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref name="Troubles Archive 2014">{{cite web | title=Sabine wichert | website=Troubles Archive | date=2014-09-08 | url=http://www.troublesarchive.com/artists/sabine-wichert | access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref name="BelfastTelegraph2014">{{cite web | title=Obituary: Lecturer and poet Sabine Wichert fell in love with city | website=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk | date=2014-10-01 | url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-lecturer-and-poet-sabine-wichert-fell-in-love-with-city-30627413.html | access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref>


She worked in [[Queen's University, Belfast]] from 1971 teaching history but with an interest in the visual arts. She wrote poetry about her adopted homeland and edited the work of historian [[ATQ Stewart]]. She retired in 2007. She died of lung cancer in Belfast on 8 September 2014. Wichert was cremated at Roselawn and was returned to Germany by her brothers Peter and Christian.<ref name="Wichert"/><ref name="Belfast News Letter 2014"/><ref name="Troubles Archive 2014"/><ref name="BelfastTelegraph2014"/><ref name="Wilson 2014">{{cite web | last=Wilson | first=Erin K. | title=Sabine Wichert, 1942-2014 | website=Times Higher Education (THE) | date=2014-10-16 | url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/people/obituaries/sabine-wichert-1942-2014/2016303.article | access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref name="Ricorso">{{cite web | title=Sabine Wichert | website=Ricorso | url=http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/enwiki/w/Wichert_S/life.htm | access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref name="History of European Ideas 1993 pp. 109–114">{{cite journal | title=The role of nationalism in the Northern Ireland conflict | journal=History of European Ideas | volume=16 | issue=1–3 | date=1993-01-01 | issn=0191-6599 | doi=10.1016/S0191-6599(05)80108-1 | pages=109–114 | url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191659905801081 | access-date=2019-12-09| last1=Wichert | first1=Sabine }}</ref>
She worked at [[Queen's University, Belfast]] from 1971 teaching history but with an interest in the visual arts. She wrote poetry about her adopted homeland and edited the work of historian [[ATQ Stewart]]. She retired in 2007. She died of lung cancer in Belfast on 8 September 2014. Wichert was cremated at Roselawn and was returned to Germany by her brothers Peter and Christian.<ref name="Wichert"/><ref name="Belfast News Letter 2014"/><ref name="Troubles Archive 2014"/><ref name="BelfastTelegraph2014"/><ref name="Wilson 2014">{{cite web | last=Wilson | first=Erin K. | title=Sabine Wichert, 1942-2014 | website=Times Higher Education (THE) | date=2014-10-16 | url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/people/obituaries/sabine-wichert-1942-2014/2016303.article | access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref name="Ricorso">{{cite web | title=Sabine Wichert | website=Ricorso | url=http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/enwiki/w/Wichert_S/life.htm | access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref name="History of European Ideas 1993 pp. 109–114">{{cite journal | title=The role of nationalism in the Northern Ireland conflict | journal=History of European Ideas | volume=16 | issue=1–3 | date=1993-01-01 | issn=0191-6599 | doi=10.1016/S0191-6599(05)80108-1 | pages=109–114 | url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191659905801081 | access-date=2019-12-09| last1=Wichert | first1=Sabine }}</ref>


She was a member of the [[Arts Council of Northern Ireland]] until 1994 and she was appointed to the Board of Annaghmakerrig by the Arts Councils in Ireland.<ref name="Wichert"/><ref name="Belfast News Letter 2014"/>
She was a member of the [[Arts Council of Northern Ireland]] until 1994 and she was appointed to the Board of the [[Tyrone Guthrie Centre]] by the Arts Councils of Ireland.<ref name="Wichert"/><ref name="Belfast News Letter 2014"/>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==

Latest revision as of 21:32, 28 July 2024

Sabine Wichert
Born8 June 1942
Graudenz, West Prussia
Died8 September 2014
Belfast

Sabine Wichert (8 June 1942 – 8 September 2014), was a German born poet and historian who lived in Northern Ireland

Biography

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Born Sabine Wichert on 8 June 1942 in Graudenz, West Prussia which is now Grudziadz, Poland, Wichert was educated in West Germany. She studied at the University of Frankfurt, the Free University of Berlin and the University of Mannheim. She also studied at the London school of Economics and Oxford University in Britain. She first came to Belfast as a tourist.[1][2][3][4]

She worked at Queen's University, Belfast from 1971 teaching history but with an interest in the visual arts. She wrote poetry about her adopted homeland and edited the work of historian ATQ Stewart. She retired in 2007. She died of lung cancer in Belfast on 8 September 2014. Wichert was cremated at Roselawn and was returned to Germany by her brothers Peter and Christian.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

She was a member of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland until 1994 and she was appointed to the Board of the Tyrone Guthrie Centre by the Arts Councils of Ireland.[1][2]

Bibliography

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Poetry

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  • Miranda (1993)
  • Tin Drum Country (1995)
  • Sharing Darwin (1999)
  • Taganrog (2004)

Non fiction

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  • Northern Ireland Since 1945
  • The British Left and Appeasement: Political Tactics or Alternative Policies?
  • The Northern Ireland Conflict: New Wine in Old Bottles?
  • The role of nationalism in the Northern Ireland conflict
  • Northern Ireland: The Context for Conflict and for Reconciliation

References and sources

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  1. ^ a b c Wichert, Sabine. "Authors". Lagan Press. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "OBITUARY: Sabine Wichert came as a tourist, and made NI home". Belfast News Letter. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Sabine wichert". Troubles Archive. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Obituary: Lecturer and poet Sabine Wichert fell in love with city". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. ^ Wilson, Erin K. (16 October 2014). "Sabine Wichert, 1942-2014". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Sabine Wichert". Ricorso. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  7. ^ Wichert, Sabine (1 January 1993). "The role of nationalism in the Northern Ireland conflict". History of European Ideas. 16 (1–3): 109–114. doi:10.1016/S0191-6599(05)80108-1. ISSN 0191-6599. Retrieved 9 December 2019.