Hubertus A. Janssen

Hubertus A. Janssen was born in 1964 and grew up in Warendorf an der Ems, Germany. He completed his medical studies in Mainz before turning to writing. Since 2008, he has written poetry and short texts, initially for Landwirtschaftsverlag Münster and, from 2010, also for the Funke media group and other newspapers. His published poetry collections include “Der Lurch hält durch” and “Der Labrador im Sprachlabor”; he also published “Ihr Himmelblau liegt neben mir.” His texts have been illustrated by, among others, Peter Menne, Peter Janssen, and Benjamin Bäder.