Disappearance of Tracy Splinter

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]

Tracy Splinter
Born
Tracy Fredericka Splinter

28 October 1971
Cape Town, South Africa
DisappearedAugust 2016 (aged 44)
Graubünden, Eastern Switzerland
StatusMissing for 7 years and 1 or 2 months
Occupation(s)Writer, 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]

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]

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 28 November 2017.
  2. 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)
  3. 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.
  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 28 November 2017.
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