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born in Oberhausen in 1995, studied creative writing and cultural journalism in Hildesheim and language arts at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. In 2015, she was a guest author at the international literature festival berlin for the first time, where she took part in the \u201cStimmen die Stimmen\u201d master class. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Her debut, the poetry collection \u00bbich f\u00f6hne mir meine wimpern\u00ab [2022, I blow dry my eyelashes], was awarded a poetry recommendation in 2023. She was also nominated for the Debut Prize of the Austrian Book Prize and the Clemens Brentano Prize. In 2024, she received the Orphil Poetry Prize from the state capital of Wiesbaden. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Her second volume of poetry \u00bbhungern beten heulen schwimmen\u00ab [tr. hunger, prayer, crying, swimming] will be published in 2025.<\/span>
Sirka Elspa\u00df lives and works in Vienna.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n

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