Disappearance of Tracy Splinter
Tracy Splinter | |
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| Born | Tracy Fredericka Splinter 28 October 1971 |
| Disappeared | August 2016 (aged 44) Graubünden, Eastern Switzerland |
| Status | Missing for 7 years and 8 or 9 months |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, author |
| Known for | winning a poetry competition championship |
Tracy Splinter (born 28 October 1971 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a German-South African writer and spoken-word author who mysteriously disappeared in August 2016 in Switzerland. Splinter had acquired German citizenship in 1997. Her works were in English, German and Afrikaans.[1][2][3]
Biography[edit]
In 1999, Tracy Splinter stood for Hamburg in the German-speaking slam poetry championship in Weimar, Germany. Splinter made it to the finals and won the competition which took place in two nights.[4]
Splinter provided technical language guidance toward the publication of the book "Transatlantic Modernism" in 2009, a literary criticism of "Modernism in Europe and modernism in the United States".[5]
Disappearance and search[edit]
Last seen at the Alpina and Schnider hotels, Splinter went missing in August 2016 in Vals, Graubünden in Eastern Switzerland. Her luggage containing her personal belongings including "suitcase with clothes, a backpack, a laptop, a camera, mountain sticks and several personal documents" were found intact at her hotel room with no presence of herself. After a year with no news of her whereabouts her parents hired a private investigator to find her. As of September 2017[update], her whereabouts are still not known.[2][6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "All Star Slam Tour 2001". www.epibreren.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ a b www.20min.ch, www.20minuten.ch, 20 Minuten, 20 Min. "Wer hat Tracy Splinter gesehen?". 20 Minuten. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Michelone, Guido (16 May 2014). Musica e media: Suoni moderni e comunicazioni sociali (in Italian). EDUCatt - Ente per il diritto allo studio universitario dell'Università Cattolica. ISBN 9788867802968.
- ^ Smith, Marc Kelly (2004). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Slam Poetry. Alpha Books. ISBN 9781592572465.
- ^ Klepper, Martin; Schöpp, Joseph C. (2001). Transatlantic Modernism. C. Winter. ISBN 9783825312213.
- ^ MediaTI. "È mistero sulla scomparsa di Tracey Splinter - Ticinonews". www.ticinonews.ch (in Italian). Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.