Anja Utler

Anja Utler (born 24 July 1973 in Schwandorf, Germany) is a German poet, essayist and translator.

Her doctoral thesis dealt with the relevance of gender in the work of four Russian women poets (Zinaida Gippius, Elena Guro, Anna Akhmatowa and Marina Tsvetaeva).

[2] In 2004, she published her debut poetry collection münden – entzüngeln (engulf-enkindle), which had been awarded the Leonce-und-Lena-Preis the year before.

In 2006, Utler published brinnen as both a book and an audio CD with two routes running through the text.

[5] Utler is a member of the German Academy for Language and Literature and a co-founder of the PEN Berlin.