Uwe Martens (born 3 February 1970 in Cologne) is a German writer and poet.
After graduating from high school at the Städtisches Gymnasium Cologne-Pesch and the subsequent civil service in a Cologne retirement home, he began studying law at the University of Cologne, but after three semesters in 1992 he switched to an apprenticeship in the book trade in Cologne-Ehrenfeld, which he completed in 1995.
[4] In 2015, his first own volume of poetry, Nebeltag, was published in the 100 poems series by Martin Werhand Verlag.
[6] In December 2018, the MWV published a third volume by Martens under the title Light Sketches in the series 150 poems.
[7] Today Uwe Martens lives and works as a freelance writer in Cologne.