Natias Neutert

Natias Neutert (spoken: "noytərt"; born February 24, 1941[1]) is a German artist, author, poet, orator,[2] and translator[3] who lives in Hamburg and Berlin.

Neutert was born in Neusalz, Province of Lower Silesia, Germany (Nowa Sól, Poland) and grew up in Hamburg-Eppendorf, attending the Rudolf Steiner School.

[6] Inspired by America's new journalism, he has also written articles for different newspapers, including Die Zeit, Frankfurter Rundschau, Stern, and essays for Süddeutsche Zeitung and Norddeutscher Rundfunk.

August 1978 wrote: "In his person are blended jugglery, poetry, standup theater, and self-expression into a kind of entertainment that is really based on a colloquy with the audience".

[16][17] In the '70s, Neutert began translations from English into German,[35] and since living in New York in 1980, he has also translated works from German into English,[36] In 2013, at the Leipzig Book Fair,[37] during a public reading at "Leipzig liest"[38] Neutert provided insights into his greatest private passion project—translating Gottfried Benn’s poetry adequately to preserve his linguistic innovations as well as his poetic sound.