Monika Rinck

Monika Rinck was born in 1969 in Zweibrücken, and lives in Berlin. Her publications include: Begriffsstudio 1996 - 2001 (www.begriffsstudio.de, 2001); Verzückte Distanzen (2004); Ah, das Love-Ding (essay, 2006); zum fernbleiben der umarmung (2007). Pass auf, Pony (2008, audiobook); Helle Verwirrung/Rincks Ding- und Thierleben (2009, poems, drawings and prose). She is the winner of the Ernst Meister Poetry Award 2008 and the Arno Reinfrank Poetry Award 2009. She collaborates with composers and musicians and teaches from time to time.