Nico Helminger

Nico Helminger (born 1953) is a Luxembourgish author who has written poetry, novels, plays and libretti for operas.

After graduating from high school in 1972, Helminger went on to study German, Romance linguistics and drama in Luxembourg, Saarbrücken, Vienna and Berlin.

From 1984, he became an independent writer working in Munich, Heidelberg, Paris and Luxemburg, finally settling in Esch-sur-Alzette in 1999.

Other works like Kitsch, Läschten eens käe liewen, and Kurzgeschichten address domestic violence and loss of hope and purpose as symptoms of an inhuman, materialistic society.

He ascribes these trends to the repression of political and social issues as a result of the Second World War, the power of the church and the media.