Steffen Popp

Popp has published the poetry collections Like the Alps (2004), Colonies of the Sun (2008), Thicket with Speech and Eyes (2012), and 118 (2077), all to critical acclaim. He received the Peter Huchel Prize for Thickets with Speech and Eyes; 118 was shortlisted for a prize at the Leipzig Book Fair (2017). Popp's poems have been translated into many languages and appear in numerous anthologies. His novel Ohrenberg, or the Way There appeared in 2006 and received much critical notice. It was nominated for the German Book Prize. Popp has translated the American poets Elizabeth Bishop, Christian Hawkey, H.D, and Ben Lerner. In 2018 Popp was inducted into the German Academy for Language and Poetry. In the summer semester of 2022 he was the Thomas Kling visiting poet at Bonn's Friedrich Wilhelms University. In the spring of 2025 he was elected to the Academy of Science and Literature in Mainz. Popp lives in Berlin.

The recorded working language is German and English. The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, poetry and translation from English. Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin. Distinctions recorded are Peter-Huchel-Preis, Rauriser Literaturpreis, Leonce-und-Lena-Preis and Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische Poesie.

• Name — Steffen Popp • Born — 18 July 1978 • Birthplace — Greifswald, East Germany • Education — TU Dresden Humboldt University of Berlin • Occupation — Poet, novelist