Lisa Mensing

Lisa Mensing (born 1989) studied interdisciplinary Dutch studies and literary translation in Utrecht and Münster. She translated prose, plays, children’s and young adult literature, and poetry from Dutch, and worked as a literary scholar at the University of Münster’s Institute for Dutch Philology. She also moderated literary readings. In 2024, she received the Förderpreis of the Straelen Translator Prize for her translation of Caro Van Thuyne’s *Birch Sister*.