Sirka Elspaß

Sirka Elspaß, born in Oberhausen in 1995, studied creative writing and cultural journalism in Hildesheim and language arts at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. She was a prize-winner at the Treffen junger Autor:innen 2010 & 2012 and postpoetry-Nachwuchspreisträgerin 2013, and has published her work in various magazines and anthologies. ich föhne mir meine wimpern was her first full-length collection.

Awards (selection)

Shortlisted for the debut prize of the Austrian Book Prize 2022 (for ich föhne mir meine wimpern)

PUBLICATIONS

Year of Publication: 2025

Sirka ElspaßYear of Publication: 2025

starve pray sob swim

Feeling exhausted, hurt, unstable, seeking help – these are some of the existential feelings and emotional struggles that Sirka Elspaß addresses in her new collection of poems. From everyday observations, such as “how often don’t worry about it / appears in the thread”, to the guardian angel who throws in the towel and is no longer reachable, “has even turned off his voicemail.” The gaze falls on...

Year of Publication: 2022

Sirka ElspaßYear of Publication: 2022

i am blow-drying my lashes

Everything begins with birth, but »no one comes into the world / and knows how things work«. But then the doctor says straight away that she is capable of great things, with which he...

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Korea (Maumsanchaek)

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News

Sirka Elspaß Wins the Lyrikpreis Orphil 2024 for Best Debut

Elspaß receives the prize for her collection i am blow-drying my lashes.

News

Anna Kim and Robert Menasse longlisted for Austrian Book Prize 2022, Elspaß shortlisted for Debut Prize

We congratulate our authors on this nomination.