Credit: Roger Hagmann
Daniela Danz
Daniela Danz is the author of five books of poetry, two novels, and an essay collection, all in German. In 2026 she was awarded the Literature Prize of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Earlier, she held the professorship of poetics at the University of Bamberg and curated the international Poetica festival in Cologne. She has worked as an art cataloger and museum director; currently, she directs a nationwide youth competition to foster democracy. She lives with her family in Kranichfeld, a small town in rural Thuringia, Germany. (updated 10/2026)
Read Ellen Wiese’s review of “You traveled to the end of the world” by Daniela Danz, translated from German by Monika Cassel in the folio “AGNI 96 Reviews AGNI 96”
AGNI has published the following work:
When we were little and still slept in drawers
Poetry by Daniela Danz • Translated from the German by Monika Cassel
Mariupol in Summer 2018
Poetry by Daniela Danz • Translated from the German by Monika Cassel
Container Terminal Klaipėda
Poetry by Daniela Danz • Translated from the German by Monika Cassel
Figure Seen from Behind III: Project West Ford
Poetry by Daniela Danz • Translated from the German by Monika Cassel
You traveled to the end of the world
Poetry by Daniela Danz • Translated from the German by Monika Cassel