Matthias Göritz is a poet, translator and novelist. He has published four volumes of poetry (Loops, Pools, Tools, and Spools), four novels, including The Brief Dream of Jakob Voss (2005), Parker (2018) and The Language of the Sun (C. H. Beck 2023), and three books of novellas, accompanied by works by international artists. He teaches at Washington University in St. Louis and has translated works by John Ashbery, Rae Armantrout, Mary Jo Bang, Max Porter, Boris Pahor and Aleš Šteger, among others. Göritz’s work has received numerous awards, including the Hamburg Literature Prize, the Mara Cassens Prize, the Robert Gernhardt Prize, the William Gass Award and most recently the International Pretnar Award 2022. Göritz’s own books have been translated into numerous languages.
Arrival
If you arrive by car, please note the parking facilities at the golf course, approx. 200m from Hotel Die Wasnerin!
Poetry vending machines Ausseerland
From 10 May to 4 October 2024, the poetry vending machines will be located in the Kurpark Bad Aussee, Kurpark Grundlsee and Kurpark Bad Mitterndorf
More about the project at salzkammergut-2024.at