Oral History and Poetry Reading with Angelika Quirk
Saturday, October 23, 2011

Angelika Quirk was born during World War II, in Hamburg, Germany. Her childhood was spent in this metropolis, a city flattened by war and ravaged by hunger. German culture, along with the Angst of post-war experiences and working through the trauma of the Holocaust, impacts her poetry.

At 18 Angelika immigrated to the United States and later graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a B.A. in German literature. She currently teaches German in Marin County, where she is also the principal of the German Saturday School.

Angelika has written and published poetry since 1990. Her new book After Sirens, published by Conflux Press in 2011, tells stories of her life in poetic forms.

“Let my splintered past / rename the present  / before the crows‘ descent.” ~After Sirens

Angelika will read in English and German from her book, After Sirens, interweaving historical and personal aspects of her life in German.