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Julian Heun © Fabian Stuertz
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Julian Heun (b. 1989 in Berlin) is a writer, slam poet and show host from Berlin-Konradshöhe. He writes and speaks in the space between artful humour and humorous art. Three times German-language Poetry Slam Champion, he works for Fritz Radio and the creative agency DOJO. He has been a feature of poetry slams and cabaret stages since 2007 and has won more than ten prizes. He has been a guest of the Goethe Institute at international poetry festivals in Europe, Africa and South and North America. Julian Heun studied Comparative Literature and German, while also writing for the Bildzeitung newspaper and the satiric TV show Neo Magazin Royale. In 2013 his first novel, Strawberry Fields Berlin, was published by Rowohlt. In addition he organises and hosts with the “Edellauchs” Berlin’s biggest poetry slams in the Ritter Butzke, the Volksbühne theatre and the Strandbad as well as the 2019 German-language Poetry Slam Championships.
Publications:
Strawberry Fields Berlin. Roman, Rowohlt, Reinbek 2014
Awards:
German-Language Poetry Slam Champion (U20) 2007
Winner Slam Tour with Kuttner 2008
Berlin Poetry Slam Champion 2009
Goldener Stuttgarter Besen, 2010
Audience Award Stuttgarter Besen 2010
Herborner Schlumpeweck 2011
Berlin Poetry Slam Champion 2011
German-Language Poetry Slam Champion (Team) 2013
German-Language Poetry Slam Champion (Team) 2017
Berlin Poetry Slam Champion 2019