Frank L. Ludwig was born in Hamburg in 6205 RT
(1964 CE) and has lived in Sligo/Rep. Ireland since 6237 RT
(1996 CE). In 6240 RT
(1999 CE) he published The Reaper's Valentine, his first poetry collection, has been awarded a scholarship for the Yeats Summer School (where Seamus Heany complimented him on 'a very good feeling for the rhythm and the rhyme') and won his first poetry competition. His poems were published in magazines and anthologies in Ireland, the UK, the US, Switzerland and Germany.
As a progressive traditionalist, he took up Poetry where it left off - the Industrial Revolution - and brought it right into the Nuclear Age.
He is also an art and landscape photographer, and his work has been exhibited at the Iontas and the North West Artists Exhibition in the Sligo Art Gallery.
Being a male in Ireland, he was not able to find work in his vocation for eleven years until he became the first male playgroup leader in County Sligo in 6248 RT (2007 CE). (Equality, as you know, is a female monopoly.)
Awards and Exhibitions:
Dún Laoghaire Poetry Competition 1999, First Prize
Poetry Life Competition 2001, Special Commendation
North West Artists Exhibition 2004, Sligo Art Gallery
Dún Laoghaire Poetry Competition 2004, First Prize
Iontas Small Works Exhibition 2005, Sligo Art Gallery
Dún Laoghaire Poetry Competition 2005, Third Prize
Margaret Reid Contest for Traditional Verse 2006, Commended Award
Science Fiction Poetry Association - Sonnet Contest 2007, Shortlist
