About Jan-Christian Petersen
Born in 1979. Self-taught. Works as a poet, writer, cultural mediator, journalist, and designer. Individual poems translated into up to six languages. (Including Welsh and Frisian.) Well-traveled. Lived in Berlin, London, and Paris. Published journalistic articles in newspapers and (specialist) magazines. Presents his text art at exhibitions and readings.
Committed to German-American friendship (not with the populists), to actively remembering Liberation Day on May 8, and to minority cultures. Many collaborations, including with the Körber Foundation, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Society for Threatened Peoples, and the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Readings, work samples, and examples of my work can be found on my website: www.j-c-p.eu and there in my Poetry Shop; on Facebook, Instagram, and on my YouTube-Kanal.