Acclaimed German poet and translator Yevgeniy Breyger will visit the Department of Languages and Cultures as our Writer and Translator in Residence in Weeks 7 and 8. Yevgeniy will be with the department from 28^th November until 7^th December, and while he is in residence with us he’ll participate in numerous teaching and other activities. Students can expect to meet him as part of courses in German and translation studies. He will work closely with our postgraduates, running a special two-hour workshop with them in Week 7.

Students and staff from across the University are invited to come and hear Yevgeniy read from and discuss his work on Tuesday 29^th November at 6pm in the LICA building. The reading will be accessible to those who don’t speak German. Register here via Eventbrite.

Yevgeniy Breyger was born in Charkow, Ukraine and moved to Magdeburg, Germany with his family in 1999. He has studied at the University of Hildesheim, Literature Writing at the Deutsches Literaturinstitut (German Literature Institute) in Leipzig, and the Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule (Academy of Fine Arts Städelschule) in Frankfurt am Main.

His debut collection, 'flüchtige monde' ('ephemeral moons') was chosen as one of the poetry volumes of the year by both the Literaturhaus Berlin and by the Haus für Poesie. His second volume of poetry, 'gestohlene luft' ('stolen air') appeared with kookbooks in 2020. He has won numerous stipends and prizes including the poetry prize of the city of Munich (2021) as well as the prestigious Leonce-und-Lena Prize (2019) as well as and grants from the German Literature Fund (2020) and the Hessen Cultural Foundation (2021).

Breyger's work has been translated into English, Georgian, Romanian and Serbian; he also translates from Georgian, Russian, Romanian and English into German. Breyger is a member of the poets' collective Salon Fluchtentier. He lives and works in Frankfurt.

Dr Nicola Thomas, Lecturer in German, who is organising the visit, said: ‘This is an exciting opportunity for DeLC students to meet and learn from one of the most exciting young poets writing in German today. We are honoured to be hosting Yevgeniy and look forward to working with him to explore issues of poetry, translation and creativity across languages.’

Photograph © Ralf Werner.