New Zealand poet and performer Hinemoana Baker traces her ancestry from several Māori tribes as well as from England and Germany. Her four poetry collections, several original music albums and other sonic and written work have taken her onto stages and pages in many countries around world for the last 25 years. She has lived in Berlin, Germany for the last nine years. Her most recent poetry collection, 'Funkhaus', was translated into German by Ulrike Almut Sandig, and published by Voland & Quist | AZUR in Berlin in 2024. The original English version was shortlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards in 2021. She is currently Randell Cottage writer in residence at an historic homestead in Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara, Wellington, back home in Aotearoa, New Zealand, from where she will be joining the LVIV FORUM 2024.
Credit: Ashley Clark (2019)