Michelle
Steinbeck
Voice
Michelle Steinbeck, born in 1990, grew up in Zurich and writes prose, poetry and for theatre, magazines and newspapers. Her debut novel "Mein Vater war ein Mann an Land und im Wasser ein Walfisch" was nominated for the Swiss and German Book Prize in 2016; the poetry collection "Eingesperrte Vögel singen mehr" followed in 2018; her second novel "Favorita" was published by Ullstein Verlag in 2024. Her books and reportages have been translated into several languages. She is a columnist for WOZ - Die Wochenzeitung and co-founder of the author collective RAUF in Zurich. After extended stays in Rome, Paris and Hamburg, she currently lives in Basel.