Raphael Urweider

Raphael Bendicht Urweider was born in 1974 in Bern, Switzerland. He studied German literature and philosophy in Fribourg, and sees himself as a poet and a musician. He has performed with the Bernise Hip-Hop crew LDeeP and composed the music for a number of plays. In 1999, he received the Arbeitsstipendium des Deutschen Literaturfonds, as well as the Leonce-und-Lena-Preis. Other prizes include the Förderpreis des Bremer Literaturpreises (2001), the 3sat award at the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition (2002), and the Clemens-Brentano-Preis (2004). His first volume of poetry, "Lichter in Menlo Park", was published in 2000. His latest collection is "Das Gegenteil von Fleisch" (2003). He also translates plays ("Five Gold Rings", "Poor Beck" by Joanna Laurens) and poetry ("Minsk" by Lavinia Greenlaw). He lives in Bern.