Matthias Politycki （Germany）
Up to now, he has published more than 30 books – novels, short stories, essays as well as poems. He writes articles for newspapers and magazines, stimulates debates in the media, and gives lectures, nationally and internationally. He has travelled more than 100 countries, some of them repeatedly or for months.
Politycki is member of the German section of P.E.N.; he was awarded various prizes and scholarships; many of his works are available in translation, among them English, French, Italian, Danish, Irish Gaelic, Ukrainian, and Japanese.