Karsten Strack

Karsten Strack, born in Minden in 1968, studied media and literary studies in Paderborn. He worked as managing director of Lektora Verlag and was active as a poetry slammer, workshop instructor, and event organizer. His projects included “Sprich dich aus,” the Slam-Dreikampf, the Paderborner Zeltsommer, and the organization of the German-language Poetry Slam Championships in 2013 and the German-language U20 Championships in 2018. In 2012, he received the Cultural Pin of the City of Paderborn for his contributions to regional and national cultural work. He also published extensively on poetry slam.