Brigitte Oleschinski (*1955 in Cologne) has published several volumes of poetry as well as essays and autofictional prose. Her poetic work includes multimedia poetry performances and poetry translations around the world. Her poems have been honoured with the Peter Huchel Prize (1998) and the Erich Fried Prize (2004), among others. Most recently, her translation from Arabic (together with Osman Yousufi) of Lina Atfah was published: “Grabtuch aus Schmetterlingen” (Pendragon 2022), for which the three of them were awarded the Ruhr Literature Prize 2023.