Özlem Özgül Dündar, studied literature and philosophy in Wuppertal and at the Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig. She writes poetry, prose, texts for performance and essays and works as a translator. Her poetry debut gedanken zerren was published by Elif Verlag in 2018. She is a co-editor of Flexen – Flâneusen* schreiben Städte (Verbrecher Verlag 2019) and was honoured with the award for radio play of the year for türken, feuer.