Anise Koltz

Anise Koltz (12 June 1928 – 1 March 2023) was a Luxembourgish contemporary author. Best known for her poetry and her translations of poems, she also wrote a number of children's stories. In 1962, she was a cofounder with Nic Weber of the successful literary conference series Journées littéraires de Mondorf (now Académie Européenne de Poésie) in which she has always played a key role.

Biography Born on 12 June 1928 in Eich, Luxembourg City, Koltz began to write fairy stories in the 1950s mainly in German and Luxembourgish. She also worked as a translator. Many of her works have been translated into English, Spanish and Italian. She was considered to be Luxembourg's most important contemporary poet.

Koltz died on 1 March 2023, at the age of 94.

Awards 1992 – Prix Jean Malrieu 1992 – Prix Blaise Cendrars 1994 – Antonio Viccaro prize for "Chants de refus" 1996 – Batty Weber Prize 1997 – Rheinlandtaler prize from "Landschaftsverband Rheinland" 1998 – Prix Guillaume Apollinaire for Le mur du son 2005 – Jan Smrek Prize in Slovakia – for her lifelong work 2008 – Servais Prize for L'ailleurs des mots 2009 – Prix de littérature francophone Jean Arp for "La lune noircie"

Works

In Luxembourgish

In German Märchen, Luxembourg, 1957 Heimatlos, Gedichte, Luxembourg, 1959 Der Wolkenschimmel und andere Erzählungen, Luxembourg, 1960 Spuren nach innen, 21 Gedichte, Luxembourg, 1960 Steine und Vögel, Gedichte, München/Esslingen, 1964 Den Tag vergraben, Bechtle Verlag, 1969 Fragmente aus Babylon, Delp Verlag, 1973

Bilingual German and French Le cirque du soleil, Pierre Seghers, 1966 Vienne quelqu'un, Rencontre, 1970 Fragments de Babylone, Fagne, 1974 Sich der Stille hingeben, Heiderhoff Verlag, 1983

In French Le jour inventé, Paris, 1975 La terre monte, Belfond, Paris, 1980 Souffles sculptés, Guy Binsfeld, 1988 Chants de refus I and II, phi, 1993 and 1995 Le mur du son, phi, 1997, Prix Guillaume Apollinaire Le paradis brûle, La Différence, 1998 La terre se tait, phi, 1999 Le cri de l'épervier, phi, 2000 Le porteur d'ombre, phi, 2001 L'avaleur de feu, phi, 2003 Béni soit le serpent, phi, 2004 L'ailleurs des mots, Éditions Arfuyen, 2007, Prix Jean Servais La Lune noircie, Éditions Arfuyen, 2009 in connection with Prix de littérature francophone Jean Arp La Muraille de l'Alphabet, phi, 2010] Je renaîtrai, Éditions Arfuyen, 2011

Bilingual French and English

At the Devil's Banquets, Dedalus Press, 1998. At the Edge of Night, Arc Publications, 2009.