Interview: Berlin Poet Ron Winkler

Ron Winkler photo by Christine Wohlrab

In December, poets Monika Rinck and Ron Winkler were in Munich, getting a load of cash. Awarded grants by the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, they shared the stage with poets Christoph Meckel und Lutz Seiler, co-recipients of the Rainer-Malkowski Prize. I was there in spirit, working hard to finish translating an interview I'd had with Winkler into English. Just this week, that labor of love appeared in print, in the US poetry quarterly, The Café Review.