Lucas HirschLucas Hirsch (1975) has an MA in American Studies from the University of Amsterdam and is the author of five collections of poems: familie gebiedt (De Arbeiderspers, 2006), tastzin (De Arbeiderspers, 2009), Dolhuis (De Arbeiderspers, 2012), Ontsla mevan alles wat ik liefheb (De Arbeiderspers, 2015), and Wu wei eet een ei (De Arbeiderspers, 2020). Hirsch published his poems in (several) Dutch, Belgian, and American magazines (Copper Nickel, Pleiades, Literary Review) and performed on stages in The Netherlands, India, Belgium and the USA. In May 2011 and May 2016 Lucas Hirsch was a guest at the Ledig House, international writers residency at Art Omi, New York. Hirsch was a guest teacher at Columbia University in 2012 and 2016. He also developed a poetry game app called Puzzling Poetry. It was presented at the 2016 Buchmesse in Frankfurt. It was followed by a children's edition called Puzzling Poetry Schatkist in 2018. Hirsch teaches creative writing at high schools around The Netherlands and gives workshops to aspiring poets. In December 2017 he was writer in residency at Sangam House - Nrityagram, India. In February 2019 his debut novel: De Weinigen (Of de bankier in de buik van het beest) was published.Hirsch currently is working on his sixth book of poetry Kintsugi (September 2025) and recently (2022) published Shotgun Wedding - a novel about mourning and friendship. Read More Read Less