Erik Lindner

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Erik Lindner (born The Hague, The Netherlands, 1968) debuted in 1996 with Tramontane. He published six volumes of poetry and two novels. His selected poems in German translation Nach Akedia (Matthes & Seitz Berlin Verlag, 2012) was a recommendation by the German academy for language and poetry. In 2021, his first book of poetry in English appeared: Words are the Worst (Vehicule Press / Signal Editions, Montreal) translated by Francis R. Jones. This book is nominated for the Derek Walcott Poetry Prize 2022. Erik Lindner lives and works as a freelance writer in Amsterdam.

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