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Kerstin Becker (born 14 March 1969 in Frankenberg, Germany) is a German writer and poet.

Kerstin Becker was raised in Moosheim und Hainichen in Saxony. She worked as a typesetter and cemetery florist amongst others. Since 2001, she works as a freelance writer and lector. She mainly writes poems and children's books. Moreover, she is co-editor of the Dresden based literary magazine Ostragehege.

Becker's poetry has been published in numerous literary magazines and anthologies, nationally as well as internationally.^[1] Her poems have been translated in several languages, including American English^[2], Czech^[3], Serbian and Arabic. In collaboration with Martina Lisa, Becker translated a poetry collection by Czech poet Petr Hruška into German (Irgendwohin nach Haus, 2019).

Kerstin Becker has two children and lives in Dresden.^[4]

Publications (selection)[edit]

Der wilde Löwe Samosai. Mit lustigen Geschichten & Gedichten durch das Jahr. Pro Business, Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3-939000-22-8.
Die Steinzeit. Texte und Gedichte. Junker Verlag, Rheinau 2011.
Fasernackte Verse. Gedichte. Fixpoetry Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-942890-11-3.
Biestmilch. Gedichte. edition AZUR, Dresden 2016, ISBN 978-3-942375-23-8.
Das gesamte hungrige Dunkel ringsum. Gedichte. edition AZUR, Dresden 2022, ISBN 978-3-942375-55-9.

Awards (selection)[edit]

2005 Poetenladen-Debütwettbewerb (2. Preis / mit Anja Kampmann)
2006 Lyrikpreis FDA
2009 Stipendium Kulturstiftung Sachsen (Denkmalschmiede Höfgen)
2013 Irseer Pegasus (2. Preis)
2014 Lyrikpreis München (2. Preis)
2014 Stipendium Kulturstiftung Sachsen (AT HOME GALLERY Šamorín)
2014 Lyrikpreis Meran (Finalistin)
2014 Dresdner Lyrikpreis (Finalistin)
2015 Arbeitsstipendium Amt für Kultur und Denkmalschutz Dresden
2016 Gedichtbände des Jahres im Literaturhaus Berlin mit Biestmilch
2019 Stipendium Künstlerhaus Edenkoben
2019 Stipendium Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen
2022 Ehrengabe der Deutschen Schillerstiftung^[5]

References[edit]

^ Cunningham, Paul (2023-09-21). "poetry in action #37 | From Kerstin Becker's The Entire Hungry Darkness Surrounding, translated by Bradley Harmon • Action Books". Action Books. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
^ Cunningham, Paul (2023-09-21). "poetry in action #37 | From Kerstin Becker's The Entire Hungry Darkness Surrounding, translated by Bradley Harmon • Action Books". Action Books. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
^ Dresden (2024-04-24). "Nominiert für den Dresdner Lyrikpreis 2014". www.dresden.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-24.
^ "Literaturnetz Dresden". Literaturnetz Dresden (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-03.
^ "Ehrengabe an Kerstin Becker". www.boersenblatt.net (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-03.

External links[edit]

Homepage of Kerstin Becker
Biographical information on Kerstin Becker at the Dresden Literature Network
Kerstin Becker at lyrikline.org (German and Serbian)
Poems of Kerstin Becker at Action Books (German and English)
Kerstin Becker in the Frankfurt Anthology of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Review of Das gesamte hungrige Dunkel ringsum (The Entire Hungry Darkness Surrounding) by Björn Hayer at Deutschlandfunk Kultur

[1] Cunningham, Paul (2023-09-21). "poetry in action #37 | From Kerstin Becker's The Entire Hungry Darkness Surrounding, translated by Bradley Harmon • Action Books". Action Books. Retrieved 2024-04-24.

[2] Cunningham, Paul (2023-09-21). "poetry in action #37 | From Kerstin Becker's The Entire Hungry Darkness Surrounding, translated by Bradley Harmon • Action Books". Action Books. Retrieved 2024-05-03.

[3] Dresden (2024-04-24). "Nominiert für den Dresdner Lyrikpreis 2014". www.dresden.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-24.

[4] "Literaturnetz Dresden". Literaturnetz Dresden (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-03.

[5] "Ehrengabe an Kerstin Becker". www.boersenblatt.net (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-03.

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