Rosemarie Zens
# Rosemarie Zens

Rosemarie Zens (born 1944, Bad Polzin, Germany; present-day Połczyn-Zdrój, Poland) is a German writer and photographer.

## Life

Zens studied biology, history and English literature. Teaching jobs have brought her to Munich, Düsseldorf and Berkeley, California. She received her PhD in German Literature at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich. Subsequently trained as a psychoanalyst she works as a psychotherapist in her own office. She currently lives in Berlin. Since 1995 she has continuously published poems and prose in literary magazines, separate volumes and audio CDs.

## Works

* Journeying 66. Vom Mythos des Unterwegsseins. The Myth of the Road (in German and English). Heidelberg, Germany: Kehrer. 2012. ISBN 978-3868282757. - Photography and text.
* Im Schein der Laterna Magica. Hidden Patterns (in German and English). Berlin, Germany: Edition WortOrt. 2011. ISBN 9783000319426. - Selected writings and photographs.
* Vom Gesetz der Währung: Gedichtzyklus. Aachen, Germany: Rimbaud Verlag. 2009. ISBN 9783890865263.
* Eingeschrieben in Kohlenstoff. Aachen, Germany: Rimbaud Verlag. 2007. ISBN 9783890865584. - Selected poems.
* Oberhalb der Solarsegel: Notationen nach der Natur. Gedichtzyklus. Dresden, Germany: Die Scheune. 2004. ISBN 9783937832043.
* Als gingen wir vorüber. Berlin, Germany: APHAIA Verlag. 2003. ISBN 9783926677365. - Poems.
* Lautlos. Regenatem. Berlin: APHAIA Verlag. 2002. ISBN 9783926677334. - Gedichte mit Holzschnitten von Wilfried Bohne und Kompositionen für Stimme und E-Gitarre von Friedemann Graef.

## Recordings

* Die Schöne Das Fortgehen Der Ort. (Text and voice: Rosemarie Zens, guitar: Jürgen Heckel) audio book, Edition WortOrt, Berlin 2006
* Siliziumherz. Poesie und Perkussion. (Text: Rosemarie Zens, composition: Ulrich Moritz), Berlin 2003
* Lautlos. Regenaten. Rosemarie Zens, Künstlerporträt, audio book, Berlin 2002

## Sources

* www.d-nb.de Rosemarie Zens at catalog of Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
* www.literaturport.de Rosemarie Zens at Literaturport Berlin | Brandenburg
* www.rimbaud.de Rosemarie Zens at the web site of the Rimbaud publishing house
* www.artbooksheidelberg.com Rosemarie Zens at the web site of Artbooks Heidelberg
* www.zens.info Own Homepage
* www.zeitschrift-signum.de German literature magazine Signum
* www.poetenladen.de German online and print literature magazine
