Rozalie Hirs

Rozalie Hirs is a Dutch composer and poet, known for her distinctive approach to music, words, and sound. As a poet, Hirs is the author of ten poetry books, written in Dutch, her native language. Six collections have been translated into other languages, with gestammelte werke (Berlin: kookbooks, 2017), a multilingual volume, being the most notable. Her collection ecologica (2023) won the Jan Campert Prize in 2023. She regularly collaborates with visual artists and designers on multidisciplinary projects, such as digital poetry, museum sound installations, and video art. Her poem in PHQ was translated by the award-winning UK translator, Michelle Hutchison.