Sotos Stavrakis Sotos Stavrakis (born 1973 in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a trained actor who in 2012 completed a theatre directors’ course in London. Since then he has been working on various theatre and film productions in Cyprus and Greece. Together with his wife, artist Lia Boyatzi, he opened the art space Kat`oikon in Nicosia, where regular exhibitions, performances and other cultural events take place. His first collection of verse, Anaporeia, was published in 2003. Sotos Stavrakis has also translated the one-act ... more
Christian Steinbacher Christian Steinbacher, born in 1960 in Ried in the Inn Rural District (Upper Austria), has earned his living since 1984 as a writer, editor and curator in Linz. As a writer he attracted attention from the beginning with his visual, sonorous and conceptual poetry. Nowadays he makes poems, poetic prose, radio texts (most recently Der Schluck auf der Lücke, ORF 2010) and essays and collaborates with other artists including writer Zsuzsanna Gahse and composer Christoph Herndler. He is a member of th ... more Christian Steinbacher (c) Katharina Roboth
Christian Steinbacher Christian Steinbacher (b. 1960 in Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria) has lived and worked in Linz since 1984 and is a writer, editor and curator. His writing career began with visual and concept literature. Today he mainly concentrates on poems and poetic prose, but also writes listening texts. He collaborates frequently with other artists, such as writer Zsuzsanna Gahse or composer Christoph Herndler. He is a member of the MAERZ artists’ group, for which he curated its literature programme until ... more Christian Steinbacher © Otto Saxinger
Gerhild Steinbuch Gerhild Steinbuch (born in 1983 in Mödling, Austria) lives in Berlin. Sie studied Scenic Writing in Graz and Dramaturgy at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. Steinbuch writes essays, prose and theatre texts, and works in the Freundliche Mitte Collective and as a freelance dramaturge. In 2014 she co-wrote You’re not the same, Batman! with Jörg Albrecht for the steirischer herbst, Graz. ... more
Ginka Steinwachs (de) Ginka Steinwachs (1942, Göttingen) studierte Philosophie, Religionswissenschaft und Komparatistik in München, Berlin und Paris und lebt heute in Berlin. Sie arbeitete in der Zeit von 1969-1974 als Dozentin an der Universität von Paris (Vincennes), wissenschaftliche Assistentin an der Ecole Normale Supérieure de l’Enseingnement technique, Paris. 1988/89 Gastprofessur für Poetik an der Universität Hamburg. 1993 und 1994 Dozenturen an der Wiener Schule für Dichtung. Seit 1974 ist sie freie Sch ... more
Ginka Steinwachs Ginka Steinwachs, born in Göttingen an der Leine, lets the words dance and stumble in her poems. She stretches them and twists them, lets them explode and implode, scatters the letters and in this way celebrates the surreal. As a performer and visual poet she explores the boundaries of literature. She currently lives in Berlin’s Linienstrasse and commutes between Berlin Mitte and the Mediterranean. She studied Religious Studies, Comparative Literature and Philosophy in Berlin and Paris and gaine ... more Ginka Steinwachs (c) Lucia Brogle-Finatti
[Translate to English:] Gerald Stern [Translate to English:] Gerald Stern (*1925) lebt in Lambertville, New Jersey. Er lehrte unter anderem an der New Yorker Columbia University, der University of Pittsburgh und am Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Zuletzt erschien von ihm „Everything is Burning“ (W.W. Norton, New York 2005) und seine Autobiographie-in-Essays „What I Can’t Bear Losing - Notes from a Life“ (W.W. Norton, New York 2004). Sein Werk wurde mit zahlreichen Preisen und Stipendien ausgezeichnet, unter anderem dem National Book Award, ... more
Gerald Stern (de) Gerald Stern (*1925) lebt in Lambertville, New Jersey. Er lehrte unter anderem an der New Yorker Columbia University, der University of Pittsburgh und am Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Zuletzt erschien von ihm „Everything is Burning“ (W.W. Norton, New York 2005) und seine Autobiographie-in-Essays „What I Can’t Bear Losing - Notes from a Life“ (W.W. Norton, New York 2004). Sein Werk wurde mit zahlreichen Preisen und Stipendien ausgezeichnet, unter anderem dem National Book Award, dem Preis der Gugg ... more
Yannis Stiggas Yannis Stiggas (born 1977 in Athens, Greece) has published three collections of verse and his poems have also appeared in many magazines and anthologies. In 2007 he performed in the intothepill project in the Karaoke Poetry Bar in Athens. His poems impress with the power of their imagery and language. By opposing the internal and the external view, and abstract and sensual observations, his texts hover on the margins of perception. Publications: The Way to the Kiosk (Mikri Arktos 2012), Poetry c ... more
Mustafa Stitou Mustafa Stitou was born in Morocco in 1974 and grew up in Lelystad. His first collection, Mijn vormen, came out when he was 19. His humour, his open gaze, his ability to see poetry everywhere and a kind of ambivalence often resulting from the clash of two cultures have meant that Stitou’s poetry has attracted attention. “At long last a poet again”, the Dutch writer Remco Campert praised the young poet’s debut. It was nominated for the C. Buddingh Prize, the major honour for poetry debuts in the ... more Mustafa Stitou (c) Tessa Posthuma de Boer
Ulf Stolterfoht Ulf Stolterfoht (born in Stuttgart in 1963) became known for his fachsprachen (‘lingos’) series of books of poems, published by Urs Engeler). He has also translated Getrude Stein, conversed with Peter Dittmer‘s AMME (‘Nursie’) about poetry matters (Ammengespräche, roughbooks 2011) and founded the virtual empire BRUETERICH, the poetry service for experimental poetry. Through its imitative strategies, his poetry draws attention to the disconnect between world and language. His poems reveal a ... more