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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 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 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> |
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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 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> |
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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 Annaghmakerrig by the Arts Councils in Ireland.<ref name="Wichert"/><ref name="Belfast News Letter 2014"/> |
Revision as of 16:07, 18 August 2021
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Born | 8 June 1942 Graudenz, West Prussia |
Died | 8 September 2014 Belfast |
Sabine Wichert (8 June 1942 – 8 September 2014), was a German born poet and historian from Northern Ireland
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.[1][2][3][4]
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.[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 Annaghmakerrig by the Arts Councils in Ireland.[1][2]
Bibliography
Poetry
- Miranda (1993)
- Tin Drum Country (1995)
- Sharing Darwin (1999)
- Taganrog (2004)
Non fiction
- Northern Ireland Since 1945
References and sources
- ^ a b c Wichert, Sabine. "Authors". Lagan Press. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ^ a b c "OBITUARY: Sabine Wichert came as a tourist, and made NI home". Belfast News Letter. 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ^ a b "Sabine wichert". Troubles Archive. 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ^ a b "Obituary: Lecturer and poet Sabine Wichert fell in love with city". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ^ Wilson, Erin K. (2014-10-16). "Sabine Wichert, 1942-2014". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ^ "Sabine Wichert". Ricorso. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ^ Wichert, Sabine (1993-01-01). "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 2019-12-09.
- 1942 births
- 2014 deaths
- People from Grudziądz
- German emigrants to Northern Ireland
- Writers from Belfast
- 20th-century poets from Northern Ireland
- 21st-century poets from Northern Ireland
- Historians from Northern Ireland
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- Academics of Queen's University Belfast
- Deaths from lung cancer
- Deaths from cancer in Northern Ireland
- 20th-century women writers from Northern Ireland
- 21st-century women writers from Northern Ireland