Erik Martin

Erik Martin (12 January 1936 in Neuss – 25 April 2017)[1] was a German writer, songwriter and composer of songs.

[5] In numerous special editions he helped recover writers such as Albert Vigoleis Thelen,[6] Margot Scharpenberg or Fritz Grasshoff.

Stories and Poems by well-known writers such as Ernst Jandl, Annemarie Schimmel (honoured with the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade), Günter Kunert, Siegfried Lenz, Christoph Meckel and James Krüss were first published in Muschelhaufen.

With great care, Martin studied Werner Helwig's books and wrote essential essays on his work.

Up to this day he participates in the Deutsche Waldjugend activities and has written articles for several magazines, e.g. der eisbrecher,[10] scouting and Fang.