Petra Szőcs Petra Szőcs was born in Kolozsvár, Romania, in 1981, and is a poet and screenwriter. She studied at the Academy for Film and Theatre in Budapest. Her first poems were published in 2009, and in 2013 she published her first collection, Kétvízköz (Alley Between Waters). Her poems touch on the topic of the family with all its pleasant as well as dark sides. Publication: Kétvízköz (Alley Between Waters) (Magvető kiadó, forthcoming) Short films:A mindenes (2007) (The Henchman)Aki bújt (2009) (Every ... more
Jiang Tao Jiang Tao, born in 1970, initially studied engineering before deciding for literature. Today he is the editor of the journal New Poetry Criticism and Lecturer for Chinese Literature in Beijing and is one of the major voices calling for a renewal in Chinese poetry. His texts are notable for their unexcited language, their wit and their irony. Jiang Tao uses the perspectives of his wide range of poetic personas to criticise various aspects of contemporary Chinese society. His poems are peopled by ... more Jiang Tao (c) privat
Ana Paula Tavares Ana Paula Tavares (born 1952, Angola) studied History and worked as a teacher. She has been living in Portugal since the late 1970s, gaining a doctorate there in African History. She is involved in several environmental organisations in São Paolo and New York, is a member of the Angolan Writers' Association and the Angolan section of UNESCO. She currently works as a historian in Lisbon. Tavares' poems deal with Angolan tradition and languages. love and war, and especially with the role of women ... more
Henriikka Tavi Henriikka Tavis was born in Vehkalahti, Finland, in 1978. Her first collection of poetry, Esim. Esa (2007) was awarded the Helsingin Sanomat Prize for the best literary debut of the year and was praised by the jury as “playful text-bashing”. For Toivo (Hope, 2011) she received the Kalevi Jäntti Prize and the Tanssiva Karhu Prize for Poetry. Tavi experiments on every level. In 2012 she tried to earn enough as a poet so as not to fall below the state’s official poverty line of € 1000 per month – w ... more Foto: Leena Lahti
Yoko Tawada Yoko Tawada (b. 1960 in Tokyo) studied literature in Japan and Germany, and gained her doctorate in Switzerland with a thesis on ‘Drums and Language Magic in European Literature’. After spending many years in Hamburg, she has lived in Berlin since 2006.Tawada works deep in the hidden object game of words, writes essays, prose, stage plays, radio plays and poems in German and Japanese and is known for her performative readings and word-acrobatics. Since 1978 she has done more than 1,000 readings ... more Yoko Tawada © Florian Thoss
Tony Tcheka Tony Tcheka (born1951, Guinea-Bissau), who has been working as a journalist since 1975, is one of his country's best-known poets. His poems appeared in several anthologies of poems from Guinea-Bissau before he published his debut, "Noites de insonia na terra adormecida"in 1996. The main theme in his poetry as well as in his work as a journalist is a critical confrontation with history, politics and society in his country. Tony Tcheka has been a committed member of various international NGOs, inc ... more
Paulo Teixeira Paulo Teixeira (born 1962, Mozambique) is one of the most important Portuguese poets of the generation that emerged in the Eighties and became established in the Nineties. In a frequently elegiac form, these poets evoke the 'Decline of the West' and regard European civilisation as one which is marked mainly by war and destruction. Teixeira's poetry, too, takes this critical view of our age and Europe, combined with a look back at its literary and cultural tradition. Teixeira's collection "Invent ... more
Habib Tengour Habib Tengour (b. 1947 in Mostaganem, Algeria) is a poet, novelist and essayist living in Paris. He is the prototype of a Maghrebian migrant.. Tengour says of himself, "Exile is my profession." He describes the singularity of the Maghreb like this: "There may be a clearly-defined place called Maghreb, but the Maghrebian is always somewhere else. And only there is where he realises himself." This attitude is reflected in his work. His poems circle unceasingly around the subjec ... more
Jimi Tenor ´Jimi Tenor (born in Lahti, Finland in 1965) is a singer-songwriter, composer and electronic musician. His mix of jazz, dance, Afro Beat, Techno and Soul makes him one of the most unique artists in the scene. His song Take Me Baby, now a classic in the Techno scene, stormed the charts in 1994. Tenor’s early work is more electronic; since 1997 he has been more heavily involved with jazz.After recording a few albums with the Industrial band Jimi Tenor and his Shamans, he left Finland to live in Be ... more Jimi Tenor (c) Kuusijarvi
Temye Tesfu With Temye Tesfu there are echoes of Allen Ginsberg and Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, but above all he has a voice, such as we haven’t yet heard: in love with language and rhythmically overflowing, but image-sharp. Tesfu knows where he wants to go. With his spoken word ensemble Allen Earnstyzz he creates highly dynamic stage pieces: mosaics of rhyme-staccato with almost musical interludes and sprinklings of humour. Allen Earnstyzz were, among other things, guests in Chicago in order to work up a biling ... more Temye Tesfu
Textor For Textor, aka Hendrik von Holtum, from Kinderzimmer Productions, HipHop means confronting his environment exactly as it is. With unusual sounds, untypical samples, heavy beats and sophisticated texts, he goes beyond established Hip-Hop clichés. Textor, a qualified orchestra bassist, and Quasi Modo, a qualified engineer, have already played at the Goethe-Institut in Uzbekistan und Tanzania. Their most recently released album was entitled “Im Auftrag ewiger Jugend”. A new album, “Asphalt”, will ... more