About Anke
I am a…
Concerned citizen, Environmentalist, Foodie, Writer/Editor
Bio
Anke Klitzing writes and teaches about people, places and things – often food and the stories, relationships, politics and culture that weave around it. She combines experience in PR, management and hospitality with a rich knowledge of food, culture and literature. She has lived, worked and studied in Germany, Ireland, Italy and the US.
2013-present Freelance author, educator, translator
2011-2016 Head of PR, Slow Food Germany, Berlin
2009-2012 MA Management and Promotion of Gastronomic and Touristic Heritage
2004-2008 General Manager, Enoteca delle Langhe/La Taverna di Bacco, Dublin/Ireland
2001-2004 BA English Literature, Sociology
I'm passionate about
Literature, Wine, Music and Food; FIlm, Art and Photography; sustainable living
An idea worth spreading
Patrick Kavanagh: EPIC
I have lived in important places, times
When great events were decided, who owned
That half a rood of rock, a no-man's land
Surrounded by our pitchfork-armed claims.
I heard the Duffys shouting "Damn your soul!"
And old McCabe stripped to the waist, seen
Step the plot defying blue cast-steel -
"Here is the march along these iron stones."
That was the year of the Munich bother. Which
Was more important? I inclined
To lose my faith in Ballyrush and Gortin
Till Homer's ghost came whispering to my mind.
He said: I made the Iliad from such
A local row. Gods make their own importance.
Areas of expertise
American literature, Communications, creative nonfiction writing, environment & ecology, food anthropology, food culture, food history, Gastronomy, humour, Irish literature, Literature in English, Modernism, NGO, social media, sociology, storytelling, theory of writing
Things you might not know
technical drawing
