After finishing school with the Abitur at Gymnasium Augustinianum Greven and doing military service he started studying macroeconomics at University of Münster in 1997, after four semesters he changed his subject to politics, philosophy and comparative literature at the same university.
In 2003 he participated together with six other authors, among them Florian Cieslik, Patric Hemgesberg and Martin Werhand, in a reading from the series Junge Lyrik organized by Thalia bookstore on World Book Day, 23 April in Münster.
[4] He also published some of his poems in the anthology Die Jahreszeiten der Liebe (The seasons of love).
In November 2015 his first poetry book Sternenstaub (Stardust) was published in the series 50 Gedichte[5] (50 poems) by Martin Werhand Verlag.
[6] His second book of poetry followed in September 2016, titled Morgenröte (Aurora) in the series 100 Gedichte (100 poems)[7] by the same publisher.