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Eleven Characters

A poem by Johanna Brack, published 1 August 1951. Awarded the Assembly Medal for Verse.

The work

  • 298 lines. First printed in the Herald.

The poem is entered as work no. 1757; the catalogue gives the particulars below.

The prize

1 December 1951, Vellmar: Johanna Brack wins the Assembly Medal for Verse for Eleven Characters. Report.

The creator

Johanna Brack, railwayman, born 21 July 1906 at Ostrabruck; died 22 August 1988. The register gives the creator's occupation as railwayman, which is not the occupation the work suggests; the register is not concerned with what it suggests.