Marc Degens
Marc Degens (born 18 August 1971) is a German novelist, essayist, short-story writer, and musician.Born in Essen, Degens grew up in the Ruhr Valley, and finished high school in Dorsten.In 1996, he founded a small but eclectic publishing house, SuKuLTuR, for which he has edited 147 volumes of the series “Schöner Lesen.” The series featured the work of German Writers such as Ann Cotten, Dietmar Dath, Wolfgang Herrndorf, and Clemens J. Setz, and German translations of works by Washington Cucurto, Denise Duhamel, Chris Kraus, Sarah Manguso, and Jeffrey McDaniel.More than 100,000 copies of these books have been sold from vending machines in Berlin alone.[2] His own writings include novels, short stories, essays, poems, and editorials.