We continue our poetic journey through Heidelberg Literaturstadt Heidelberg, and today we are delighted to introduce the poet Miriam Tag.
We invite you to listen to her poem performed by the author and explore its English translation.
Miriam Tag is a poet, sociologist and philosopher (Ph.D.), working at the intersection of literature, arts and environmental humanities. Heidelberg Authors' Prize 2019, Merck Fellow of Textwerkstatt Darmstadt/Center for New Literature 2021, nominated for the Munich Poetry Prize 2021, Dresden Poetry Prize 2021, Meran Poetry Prize 2024, Irseer Pegasus 2025. Multiple participation in exhibitions (Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Museum Haus Sinclair). Artistic director of the Planetary Art Festival. Her first of poetry-collection liebestier was published in 2023 by Aphaia, Munich. Further publications: ‘Who experiments’ (in Nature Writing, Art and Nature Foundation 2023), ‘neues gras’ (in Poems and Prose for the Exhibition Parliament of Plants II, Liechtenstein Art Museum 2023), ‘Gaia-Glottie’ (in Apocalypse & Apathy, transcript 2025), ‘Intimate Attraction’ (in Implications: Michel Serres and the Environmental Humanities, Bloomsbury 2025), ‘Fiery’ (in Climatic Subjects, transcript 2025).
Let’s listen to Miriam’s poem in the original language: