Ernest WICHNER (Germany) was born in Romania in 1952. He studied German and Romanian literature at the West University of Timișoara. In 1975 he emigrated to West Berlin, where he continued his studies of German literature and political science at the Freie Universität. After many years of working for the Literaturhaus Berlin, he served as its director from 2003 to 2017. Wichner’s literary works include poetry and essay collections as well as numerous adaptations and translations of Romanian. In 2005, Wichner was awarded the city of Münster’s International Poetry Prize. His translation of Cătălin Mihuleacs has been nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize.
恩尼斯特．維茨納（德國），1952年生於羅馬尼亞，曾於蒂米什瓦拉西方大學學習德語文學和羅馬尼亞語文學，1975年移居柏林，並於柏林自由大學進修德語文學和政治學。多年來一直在柏林文學館工作，2003至2017年間擔任館長。維茨納的文學作品包括詩歌集和散文集，以及眾多羅馬尼亞語的改編與翻譯。2005年獲頒明斯特國際詩歌獎，譯著Cătălin Mihuleacs獲提名萊比錫書展大獎。