Born in 1968 in Cologne.

Scandinavian, English and German studies in Cologne and Reykjavik.

Publishing editor for several years.

Translator of poems and prose by authors like Sjón, Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir, Kristín Steinsdóttir, Andri Snær Magnason and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir  from Icelandic into German.