Website Address: www.traxlerm.net
Mathias Traxler, born 1973 in Basel, is a writer and translator, living in Berlin. His book “You’re welcome” was published in 2011, and in spring 2016 “Unterhaltungsessays” appeared (both kookbooks Publishing).
His texts regularly appear in literary reviews and anthologies, including “IDIOME. Hefte für Neue Prosa”, “randnummer” and “Moderne Poesie in der Schweiz” (Limmat, 2013).
He was awarded the “City of Münster Prize for International Poetry” in 2015, as translator of the works of Charles Bernstein (jointly with Tobias Amslinger, Norbert Lange, Léonce W. Lupette, VERSATORIUM).
In recent years he has explored numerous reading formats. Of particular importance are text-generating interpretative elements in his readings.