Asmus Trautsch

Asmus Trautsch is a philosopher and poet from Berlin. He is most interested in the Anthropocene discourse, mainly in understanding the human condition in the face of planetary emergency. After graduating in philosophy, German literature and composition/music theory, he finished his PhD in philosophy at Humboldt University Berlin. He has taught at the Technical University of Dresden, the University of Leipzig, the University of Greifswald and Allegheny College, Meadville and publishes academic texts as well as essays and poetry. In addition, he works as a curator for interdisciplinary exhibitions and events between the arts and sciences such as the Festival of Cooperation at the Literaturhaus Berlin in 2021 or the translationale berlin. Festival for literary translation in 2022 and 2023. His publications include the books Der Umschlag von allem in nichts. Eine Theorie Tragischer Erfahrung (Turning All into Nothing: A Theory of Tragic Experience, 2020), the poetry collections Treibbojen (floating buoys, 2011) and Caird (2021), as well as a commentary on Ovid's Art of love, co-authored with Tobias Roth and Melanie Möller (2017).

Photo by Charlotte Werndt