Meinolf Finke
Born (1963-08-14) 14 August 1963
Arnsberg, Germany
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Writer and poet
Years active2006–present
WebsiteOfficial website of Meinolf Finke (in German)

Meinolf Finke (born 14 August 1963 in Arnsberg) is a German writer and poet.[1]

Life and career

Meinolf Finke was born 1963 in Arnsberg (Westphalia). After obtaining the Abitur at Gymnasium Laurentianum Arnsberg, military service and a training as banker he started his studies of business economics at University of Bamberg in 1987, which he completed with the degree of a graduate in business administration. After that he went for local language studies to France an Italy. Since 1993 he has been working in the field of tax accountancy and auditing in the Rhineland.[2]

In addition to his professional activities in accountancy, Finke developed his talent in writing, preferably poetry. He first published some of his poems in the anthology of poetry Die Jahreszeiten der Liebe. In March 2014 his first own book of poetry Zauberwelten in the series 100 Poems[3] was published by Martin Werhand Verlag.[4] His second book of poetry followed in November 2015, edited by Martin Werhand and entitled Lichtgestöber in the series 100 Sonnets by the same publisher.[5] His third book was published December 2016 in the series 50 Sonnets entitled Wintersonne.[6] Another book in the series 50 Sonnets, entitled Goldregenzeit was published in September 2017.[7][8] In December 2019, a best-of-volume with Finke's poems was published in the series 250 poems in the MWV under the title Blütenlese.[9]

Meinolf Finke's poetry is characterized by a classical, predominantly romantic style, as he often writes traditional sonnets similar to those by August von Platen-Hallermünde.[10]</ref>[11]

Meinolf Finke lives and works in Bonn.[12]

Publications (selection)

Books

  • Zauberwelten. 100 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2014, 142 p. ISBN 978-3-943910-03-2.
  • Lichtgestöber. 100 Sonette. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2015, 164 p. ISBN 978-3-943910-04-9.
  • Wintersonne. 50 Sonette. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2016, 120 p. ISBN 978-3-943910-34-6.
  • Goldregenzeit. 50 Sonette. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2017, 120 p. ISBN 978-3-943910-59-9.
  • Blütenlese. 250 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2019, 302 p. ISBN 978-3-943910-37-7.

Anthologies

References

  1. ↑ Meinolf Finke, In: Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender 2014/2015: Band I: A-O. Band II: P-Z., Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, p. 258 ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4
  2. ↑ Biographical data of Meinolf Finke. in: Zauberwelten (100 Gedichte)., Martin Werhand Verlag, 2014, p. 123
  3. ↑ Series: 100 Poems. Martin Werhand Verlag, 2016
  4. ↑ Zauberwelten., Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach, 2014, 135 pages
  5. ↑ Meinolf Finke, Lichtgestöber in WorldCat 2015
  6. ↑ Meinolf Finke, Wintersonne in WorldCat 2016
  7. ↑ Meinolf Finke, Goldregenzeit in WorldCat 2017
  8. ↑ Lyrik-Reihe: 50 Sonette. Meinolf Finke Goldregenzeit in Martin Werhand Verlag, 2017
  9. ↑ Meinolf Finke, Blütenlese in WorldCat 2019
  10. ↑ Biographical data of Meinolf Finke. in: Lichtgestöber (100 Sonette)., Martin Werhand Verlag, 2015, p. 115
  11. ↑ Mehr Sonette als Shakespeare. Martin Werhand Verlag, 2019
  12. ↑ Biographical details of Meinolf Finke. In: Lichtgestöber., Martin Werhand Verlag, 2015, S. 115
  13. ↑ Meinolf Finke. In: Die Jahreszeiten der Liebe., Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach, 2006
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