Jovanka Uljarević Jovanka Uljarević (born in 1979 in Kotor, Montenegro) studied Philosophy at the University of Belgrade and since 2000 has been publishing poetry, prose and essays. Uljarevic is co-editor of Montenegro’s best-known literary magazine Otvorenog kulturnog foruma Cetinje. She is also the founder and co-ordinator of the Cyber Art Centre. Her poems are sharp-tongued, critical and attentive and describe the realities of life and everyday situations. Publications (a selection): In Resin Sandals. Podgoric ... more Jovanka Uljarević c_privat
Søren Ulrik Thomsen Søren Ulrik Thomsen (b. 1956 in Kalundborg), is one of Denmark’s most popular poets and spent his childhood on the Stevns Peninsula south of Copenhagen. In 1972 he moved to the Danish capital. His debut collection was City Slang (1981). This has been followed by seven further volumes of verse and several collections of essays, and a best-of book, Samlede Thomsen (2014).Thomsen is a master of the small gesture. With apparently effortless casualness he makes everyday objects collide with theories ... more Søren Ulrik Thomsen © Robin Skjoldborg
Ko Un Ko Un (born 1933, Korea) is “a demon-driven Bodhisattva of Korean poetry, as Allen Ginsberg wrote, “exuberant, abundant, obsessed with poetic creation”. Ko Un masters the fine art of adorning small, utterly concrete images with possible meanings that go well beyond the ‘said’, and nevertheless take it seriously. His poetry is open and precise, personal and timeless, exploring poetics and politics at the same time. It balances between classical forms and unpretentious everyday speech. In it, the ... more Ko Un
Raphael Urweider With the numerous awards for his debut Lichter in Menlo Park, Raphael Urweider (born 1974, Switzerland) light-footedly stormed the stage of poetry and “hurtled along the route to success as a young poetry star.” He is one of the most versatile, creative and innovate authors writing in German. He has made his name, apart from as a poet, above all with his work as a theatre musician and in performances with rap and hiphop projects. He has composed together with, among others, Hans Koch, producing ... more
Anja Utler Anja Utler (born 1973 Schwandorf) is an exceptional talent of the younger German-speaking poetry scene. Her poems – at the heart of which is the shifting relation between body and voice, breath and memory – draw their tension from contradictions: they are sparing and sensuous, considered and playful. The poet Thomas Kling spoke of “calm images which lend themselves out to body and nature”. Utler’s texts come into being in proximity to music, they are poetic braces, in which some passages are set ... more Anja Utler
Pfarrer Murat Üzel Priest Murat Üzel was born in 1966 in Midin and studied Religious Theory in the Mor Gabriel monastery where he learned Aramaic. From 1982 he worked both in his home city and in Berlin as a teacher of religion and languages, and taught Aramaic on a voluntary basis to children and young people of the Syrian Orthodox community. Since 22 April 2007 Murat Üzel has been officiating as a priest, teaching religion and languages and working in his community as a pastor as well as in the ecumenical repres ... more
Alexandru Vakulovski Alexandru Vakulovski (born in 1978 in Antonesti, Suvorov, Moldavia) is a poet, prose author, dramaturge, translator and editor. He studied Literature at the University of Chisinau and the Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca. He was a founder member of the web magazine Tiuk! and works as an editor and critic. He obtained Romanian citizenship in 2010 and since then has lived in Romania. In his work he addresses everyday life in eastern Europe. His language is harsh, crude and provocative. In hi ... more Alexandru Vakulovski c_Moni Staanilaa
Tom Van de Voorde Sketches of contemporary landscapes feature in Vliesgevels filter, the 2008 debut collection of Flemish poet Tom Van de Voorde (b. 1974 in Ghent, Belgium). Microscopically fine snapshots and reflections on political and economic themes form the heart of his second collection Liefde en aarde (2013), which was nominated for the Herman De Coninck Prize for the Best Poetry Collection. His latest collection, Zwembad de verbeelding followed in 2017, and in 2016 a selection of his poems in Swedish tran ... more Tom Van de Voorde © Silvestar Vrljic
Charlotte Van den Broeck Charlotte Van den Broeck (born in 1991 in Turnhout, Belgium) is a Flemish poet with her roots in Spoken Word. Her two collections of poems have made her a shooting star of poetry in her home country. Her collection Kameleon earned her the Flemish Herman de Coninck Prize in 2015 for the Best Debut of the Year. Charlotte Van den Broeck speaks in her poems about familiar domestic scenes, things that fall off edges, Hello Kitty bras and afternoons in relief lettering, and all with a “reluctant ease, ... more Charlotte Van den Broeck c_Koen Broos
Sarah van der Kemp Sarah van der Kemp (b. in Berlin) received her musical training initially in the study programmes musicology and piano. Before taking her diploma, however, she decided on a career as a singer and studied singing at the Berlin Academy of Music with Julia Varady and in master classes with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. She developed a wide-ranging repertoire while an ensemble member at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (2005–07) and the Staatstheater Schwerin (2007–2010). Sarah van der Kemp made her concert d ... more Sarah van der Kemp © Claus Willemer
Lies van Gasse Lies Van Gasse (born in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium in 1983) debuted in 2008 with Het zelfde gedicht steeds weer (The same poem over and over again), a collection that attracted great attention from both readers and critics. As a fine artist, Van Gasse works on many inter-disciplinary art-and-poetry projects including the Foundling Kaspar Hauser with Annemarie Estorzu. In her poems she creates idiosyncratic combinations of text and image that she calls ‘graphic poems’.Publications (selection):Een stem ... more Lies van Gasse
Ryan Van Winkle Ryan van Winkle (b. 1977 in New Haven, USA) lives in Edinburgh, but originally comes from Connecticut. When he went to Scotland for the first time at the turn of the millennium, he lost his heart to the country and its people and stayed. Ryan is a bundle of artistic energy. He writes poems, conquers stages with his performances, produces podcasts on art and poetry, interviews writers and artists for magazines and translates poems from the remotest regions of the world. He also works as a litera ... more Ryan Van Winkle © Sabina Theijs