Nikolina Andova-Shopova Nikolina Andova-Shopova (born in 1978 in Skopje, Macedonia) studied Macedonian and Yugoslav Literature at the University in Skopje. As a member of the New Wave Generation she writes predominantly haikus, a traditional Japanese verse form. Her texts have been translated into many languages including English, Serbian, French, German, Bulgarian and Chinese. As well as poems she writes short stories and children’s verse.Her debut The entrance is on the other side was published in 2013 and was awarde ... more Nikolina Andova c_Igor Todorovski
Juri Andruchowytsch Yuri Andrukhovych (*1960, Iwano-Frankiwsk, Ukraine) is amongst the most well-known authors of the “Eighties”, a generation of young writers who up until Perestroika published in the underground. He made his literary debut as a poet, and then became renowned for his novels, but has dedicated himself for some time anew to poetry. Andrukhovych, now as then, is one of the most well-known authors of his country, whose work is enjoying an ever stronger reception by the younger generation in Ukraine. ... more Juri Andruchowytsch Foto: gezett
Antonella Anedda Antonella Anedda (*1958, Rome, Italy) lives and works in Rome and Sardinia. She studied Art History in Rome and Venice and, after completing her studies, worked as a teacher, university lecturer (at Siena University) and journalist (“Il Manifesto”, “Linea d’ombra”, “Nuovi Argoment”i). She has published poems and essays and translated the works of poets, Ovid and St. John Perse among others. She works closely with the journals “Poesia” (published by Crocetti, Milan) and “Nuovi argomeni” (publishe ... more
Milo De Angelis Milo De Angelis (*1951, Milan, Italy) is an author and translator living in Milan. He made a name for himself with the publication of his debut collection of poetry “Somiglianze” in 1976 and he has since been one of the most important authors of modern Italian poetry. He has written six volumes of poetry to date.De Angelis’s poetry creates inimitable excitement and energy without at the same time being rhetorical. It has a tragic, existentialist dimension. Transience and death are the themes wit ... more
Arnaldo Antunes The performance artist, author and musician Arnaldo Antunes (*1960, São Paulo) stands out for the diversity of his work, which makes him unique not only in the cultural scene of Brazil. He writes poetry, paints, creates exhibits and publishes art magazines. “There is no separation of life and art in primitive societies. Separation came with civilisation: music is to be listened to, literature to be read. Modernity has mixed this up again. We are starting to see visual works that use the spoken w ... more
Lindita Arapi Lindita Arapi (born in Lushnjë in 1972) is one of Albania’s most prominent contemporary writers. She has been writing poems since the 1990s, and in 2010 she published her first novel, Vazjat me çelës. She began studying in Tirana, then moved to Germany in 1996 and studied German, English and Education in Cologne. In the same year she received a writer’s fellowship from the Heinrich Böll Foundation and was Honorary Fellow in Writing at the University of Iowa. She lives in Bonn, where she works as ... more Lindita Arapi (c) Dittrich Verlag
Pierre-André Arcand The poet and artist Pierre-André Arcand (*1942) works in the areas of performance, poetry, experimental music, sound art and new technologies. He has already carried out early experimentation with the “Macchina Ricordi”, a modified recording machine that makes work with voice and spoken language possible. His works combine visual poetry, text, sound poetry, performance, installations, objects and publications. Since the end of the 90s, he has been working with media art and with real-time audio ... more
Armando Artur Armando Artur (born 1962 in Mozambique) began his writing career as part of the "Generation Charrua", a group of writers named after the literary magazine Charrua who came together in Mozambique in the Eighties. The Charrua poets developed a poetics with an existentialist tinge; their works full of broken and torn identities reflect the Civil War that dominated life in Mozambique after the Declaration of Independence of 1975. Artur is a member of various African writers' associations. As well a ... more
ARTWHY Berlin newcomer band make danceable music with electronic sounds and strong beats that combines lightness with power and emotion. The members are Pablo Schomburg (19), Nicolai von Schwarze (20) and Leonard Wagenbreth (19), and they create their own compositions they describe as “alternative independent out of electronic spheres and poetic realism”. They deal with personal experience in their song lyrics. Since they started in September 2010, Artwhy have been extremely active, with many appearanc ... more
Thomas Arzt Thomas Arzt (born in 1983 in Schlierbach, Upper Austria) lives in Vienna. He studied Theatre, Film and Media Studies at the University of Vienna and writes poetry, prose, essays, radio plays and stage plays. In the 2010-11 Season Arzt worked as in-house author in the Vienna Schauspielhaus. He has been awarded the Author’s Prize at the Heidelberg Stückemarkt, the Playwright’s Fellowship of the City of Vienna and the Thomas Bernhard Fellowship at the Linz Landestheater. https://www.thomasarzt.at ... more
Jenny Atwood Jennifer Atwood (*1981 in London/United Kingdom) began her formal dance training at Classe Dance Academy and Ecole Classique, Sydney. She then completed a bachelor of dance at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia. Jennifer has worked with artists and companies such as BalletLab, Anna Smith, Liquid Skin, Jason Pitt, Shaun Parker, Bondi Ballet, Paulina Quinteros Company and the Australian Opera Company. Most recently she has performed with Red-i, in Nadine MacLeans new pi ... more
Édith Azam (de) Édith Azam (*1973) lebt und arbeitet in Marseille. Sie organisiert Schreibwerkstätten in Schulen, um Schüler für die Poesie der Gegenwart zu sensibilisieren. Ihre eigene Dichtung kombiniert sie häufig mit anderen Künsten, wie Musik und Tanz. Zuletzt erschienen Cher petit toi, cher petit vous, Éditions du soir au matin, 2010Du pop corn dans la tête, L’atelier de l’agneau, 2010Soleil-œil crepu, Dernier télégramme, 2011 ... more