Florian Werner

Florian Werner, born in Berlin in 1971, is a literary scholar and author. He studied English, American and German studies in Tübingen, Berlin and Aberdeen and earned a doctorate with a thesis on rap or hip-hop and the apocalypse. Werner writes narrative nonfiction and prose and has also worked as a journalist and for radio. His books include “Die Kuh. Leben, Werk und Wirkung,” “Schnecken. Ein Portrait,” “Die Raststätte. Eine Liebeserklärung” and “Die Zunge. Ein Portrait.” His works have been translated into several languages and received multiple awards; “Die Zunge” was nominated for the Bavarian Book Prize.