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Cultural Migration in Autobiography Grundtvig Partnerships 2009-2011

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The Writer’s group in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

Reinhard Nowak

The Writer’s group in Schwäbisch Gmünd is associated with the local Volkshochschule. The group met regularly, once a month, from October 2009 to July 2011. The group’s tutor, Eva Christina Zeller, is a well known author of poems, stories and of drama. She had a lot of experience with tutoring creative writing when she started in our project.

The group started with more than ten members. Then it became smaller and more professional. The photo shows the writer’s group at the end of the project (from the left):

Janez Travner, borne 1938 in Slovenia. He lives in Germany since 1963. Emine Beyer, borne in 1968 in Turkey. She moved to Germany with her family in 1974. Helga Klein was borne in 1959 in Schäßburg, Siebenbürgen (Romania). She moved to Germany with her husband and two children in 1985. Annabella Akcal, borne in 1970 in Schwä-bisch Gmünd. Her family comes from Istanbul. Andelka Krizanovic emigrated at the age of 9 years as refugee of civil war from Bosnia-Herzegovina. Colette Eisenhuth was borne in Belgium in 1962. She worked for several years in Tanzania, then moved to Germany, went back to Africa and returned to Europe to stay in Schwäbisch Gmünd with her family. Reinhard Nowak is coordinating the project.