Martin Piekar

Martin Piekar, born in 1990 in Bad Soden am Taunus, is a writer, poet, and teacher. He studied philosophy and history at Goethe University Frankfurt, qualifying for the teaching profession. His poetry collections include “Bastard Echo” (2014), “AmokperVers” (2018), and “livestream & leichen” (2023); he also co-authored “Überschreibungen” (2016) with Jan Kuhlbrodt. Among other distinctions, Piekar received the poetry prize at the 20th Open Mike (2012), the hr2 Literature Prize and the Advancement Award of the Young Literature Forum Hesse-Thuringia (both 2016), and the Irseer Pegasus (2018). In 2023, he received the Kelag Prize and the Audience Award at the Days of German-Language Literature. His debut novel manuscript won the Robert Gernhardt Prize in 2024, and he was nominated for the Alfred Döblin Prize in 2025.