Traxler, Mathias
Mathias Traxler, born in Basel in 1973, is a writer and translator living in Berlin. He works at the interface between poetry and music, poetry recital and translation. Of particular importance in his work are readings that incorporate text-generating, interpretative and improvisational elements. He often works in collaboration with poets and musicians (Norbert Lange, Álvaro Seiça, Harald Muenz, Edith Steyer, Beat Keller, Vincent Laju). In 2024 he is Writer in Residence at the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies at the University of Innsbruck. Most recentl publications: “Komplimente machen” (hochroth 2020); Álvaro Seiça: “365 vorhergesagte Gedichte | previsão para 365 poemas”, translated by Mathias Traxler (parasitenpresse 2021).