Born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, After graduating from school in 1979, Velte initially trained as a publishing house clerk from 1981-1984.
[3] A 43-minute long portrait was broadcast by the Hr radio culture channel HR2 on 20 January 2020 in the series "Doppelkopf".
In terms of content, Velte's lyrical work is primarily concerned with the people and landscapes of the Taunus in history and the present.
Originally, his creativity was stimulated by the generation-typical US Beat literature, which was also anchored in the Frankfurt-based Hessisches Literaturforum [de], which was groundbreaking for him.
Later, in his own volumes of poetry, he dealt with historical greats such as Eduard Mörike, Wilhelm Raabe and Christian Reuter.