Siljarosa Schletterer
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Siljarosa Schletterer lives and works in Tyrol. Her focus lies on the interplay between society, nature, and language, as well as the mediation of (contemporary) poetry. She is committed to giving a platform through writing to marginalized voices and themes.
In “Azur Ton Nähe – Flussdiktate” (Azure Tone of Nearness – River Dictations, published in 2022 by Limbus Lyrik), she draws attention to the socio-ecological weight of bodies of water. Siljarosa Schletterer has received various grants and awards, including the Major Literary Fellowship of the State of Tyrol in the field of poetry. She is currently working on “Einschreibungen – Eine Anatomie” (Inscriptions – An Anatomy).
More information at siljarosaschletterer.com.
In her debut collection, azur ton nähe. flussdiktate [azur sound proximity: river dictation], Silijarosa Schletterer transforms a fluid web of waterways, combining their substance with anthropomorphic experiences. When encountered by the reader, poetic spaces for meaning- and relationship making arise between humans, nature, and language—evoking feelings of multiple submersions. In imagined creeks and rivers. As well as in ourselves. How do we understand the relationship between river and poem? […] This is on us to discover through reading (aloud), listening, and marveling.
Semier Insayif: Die Furche 24. November 2022
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[…] Siljarosa Schletterer’s poetry collection azur ton nähe. flussdiktate [azur sound proximity: river dictation], is a loving, empathetic and thoroughly resolute examination of the essence, structure, and topographic details of rivers and their spheres of influence. These poems, each of which is associated with a body of water and its coordinates, are imminently woven together with an approach to language as wide-ranging in its metaphors as it is in its specificity.
Petra Ganglbauer: Buchtipps für den Sommer für den Berufsverband Österreichischer SchreibpädagogInnen (BOeS bzw. BÖS)
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It’s been a long time since a poetry collection has impressed me in such an entirely new way. With the first line, located in “pielach 48°09’57.0”N 15°33’08.0”O,” the author emerges through poetic water activism from “creekettes” and their kin: “every river has a soul.” A book whose flow acknowledges just how marginal dry land on our planet really is. Favorite stanzas ripple one after the next, light as water. […]
Mikael Vogel Link
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azur ton nähe. flussdiktate [azur sound proximity: river dictation] belongs among the most beautiful and precise of books. […] This collection has me thoroughly convinced […]
Katja Gasser in JUBILÄUM: Lese.Auslese Sommer 2022
Poetry
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kamp 48°36'5,88' 'N15°29'51.2''O / kamp 48°36'5,88' 'N15°29'51.2''O
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mühlbachl 47°05'36.6''N 11°47'46.1''O / mühlbachl 47°05'36.6''N 11°47'46.1''O
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thaya 48°44'10.7''N 16°20'56.8''O / thaya 48°44'10.7''N 16°20'56.8''O
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rhine 47°36'17.9''N 8°13'27.5''O / rhein 47°36'17.9''N 8°13'27.5''O
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kaiserwasser 48°13'54.2''N 16°25'21.1''O / kaiserwasser 48°13'54.2''N 16°25'21.1''O
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danube canal 48°13'23.5''N 16°22'04.6''O / donaukanal 48°13'23.5''N 16°22'04.6''O
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diggl brinnen 47°05'51.2''N 11°48'12.0''O / diggl brinnen 47°05'51.2''N 11°48'12.0''O
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what your body knows / was dein körper weiß
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again / wieder
