Poets

Guy Helminger was born in 1963 in Esch / Alzette (Luxemburg) and studied German Literature and Philosophie in Luxemburg, Heidelberg and Cologne. 

Since 1985 he has been living in Cologne and working as a writer. 

In June-July 2006 he was a writer-in-residence in Hyderabad (India), in February-March 2007 he was in Tehran as part of the project “west-eastern-divan”, in December-January 2008-2009 he was author-in-residence in Saana (Yemen) and in 2015 in South Africa. In 2016 he took part in the art project “Transformation and Identity – Trauma and Reconciliation” in Myanmar and in 2018 in Bali in the Gong-laut festival, a gathering of authors and musicians who wanted to draw attention to the island’s ecological problems.

2012 poetics lecturship at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

Together with his colleague Navid Kermani Guy Helminger presents since 2006 the „Literary Salon International“ in Cologne. From 2010-2012 he presented a cultural show on Luxemburg TV and from 2012-2017 a show called DNA.

He has received the Prix Servais, the 3sat Prize, the Dresden Poetry Prize, the Merano Poetry Prize and the Gustav Regler Prize, among others, for his work.

Latest publications: 

Die schwere Naht der Flüsse. Notes and photos from Brazil, 2022; Madame Köpenick. Theater 2022; Lärm. Novel 2021; Die Lombardi-Affäre. Novel 2020; Die Lehmbauten des Lichts. Notes and photos from Yemen, 2019; Jockey. Theater, 2019; Die Tagebücher der Tannen. Poems, 2018. Nördlich der Ferne. Poems, 2017.