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Judith Zander (c) Yawan Rai
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Judith Zander (born 1980 in Anklam) lives in Berlin. In Greifswald she studied German, English and mediaeval and modern history, completing her studies with a diploma from the German Literature Institute in Leipzig. As well as writing poetry, she translates American poetry, including by such poets as Sylvia Plath and Bog Hicok.
“Her palimpsests combine hard-hitting satire and subtle irony. Traditions have seldom has the dust knocked off them in a more relaxed, light and fresh way” (Die Welt).
Judith Zander won the Poetry Prize at the 15th open mike in 2007. She also won the 2009 Wolfgang Weyrauch Promotional Prize in the ‘Literary March’. Last year she was awarded the 3sat Prize in the Ingeborg Bachmann competition.
Most recent books
Dinge, die wir heute sagten, dtv, 2010
Oder tau, dtv, 2011