Disappearance of Tracy Splinter

Tracy Splinter (born October 28, 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]

Tracy Splinter
BornOctober 28, 1971
Cape Town, South Africa
DisappearedAugust 2016 (aged 44)
Graubünden, Eastern Switzerland
StatusMissing for 5 years and 3 or 4 months
OccupationWriter, author
Known forwinning a poetry competition championship

Biography

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]

She provide 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]

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, her whereabouts are still not known.[2][6]

See also

References
  1. "All Star Slam Tour 2001". www.epibreren.com. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  2. www.20min.ch, www.20minuten.ch, 20 Minuten, 20 Min. "Wer hat Tracy Splinter gesehen?". 20 Minuten. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  3. Michelone, Guido (2014-05-16). Musica e media: Suoni moderni e comunicazioni sociali (in Italian). EDUCatt - Ente per il diritto allo studio universitario dell'Università Cattolica. ISBN 9788867802968.
  4. Smith, Marc Kelly (2004). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Slam Poetry. Alpha Books. ISBN 9781592572465.
  5. Klepper, Martin; Schöpp, Joseph C. (2001). Transatlantic Modernism. C. Winter. ISBN 9783825312213.
  6. MediaTI. "È mistero sulla scomparsa di Tracey Splinter - Ticinonews". www.ticinonews.ch (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-11-28.
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