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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Switzerland

CH

Email:

tania.erzinger@gmail.com

Bio:

TAK Erzinger is an award-winning poet. Her collection At the Foot of the Mountain (Floricanto Press California, 2021) won the University of Indianapolis Etching Press, Whirling Prize 2021 for best nature poetry book. It was also a finalist at The International Book Awards 2022, Willow Run Book Awards and Eyelands Book Awards. Erzinger’s forthcoming poetry collection Tourist (Sea Crow Press, Massachusetts) is due out in April 2023.

Erzinger is an American/Swiss poet and artist with a Colombian background. She lives on the foothills of the alps in Switzerland with her husband and two cats.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

German

Spanish

Favorite authors:

John Irving, WS Merwin, Phillipa Gregory, Helen Mort, Lemn Sissay, Mary Oliver, Noah Gordon, Isabel Allende, Pablo Neruda, James A. Mitchner, Steven Price, Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Parker, Katrina Naomi, Thomas Hardy, Susan Howatch, William Boyd

Twitter/X:

@ErzTak

Born in:

Orlando, Winter Park

Raised in:

Lexington, Kentucky and St. Petersburg, Florida

Website:

https://takerzinger.wixsite.com/poet [2]

Prizes won:

At the Foot of the Mountain (Floricanto Press 2021)FINALIST 2022 The International Book Awards
for Best Nature Poetry Book
At the Foot of the Mountain (Floricanto Press 2021) WINNER 2021 Whirling Prize, Etchings Press, The University of Indianapolis for Best Nature Poetry Book
At the Foot of the Mountain SHORTLISTED 2019 Eyelands Book Awards-Best unpublished poetry manuscript
At the Foot of the Mountain FINALIST 2020 Willow Run Book Awards Best unpublished poetry manuscript

What I'm reading now:

The Bees by Carol Ann Duffy

Identifies as:

Latino/Latina/Latinx

Prefers to work with:

Mental Health

Naturalists/Environmentalists