From 3 November to 31 December 2025, Rozalie Hirs (*1965) is the poet-in-residence in Vienna, Austria, as part of the prestigious Friederike Mayröcker Residency Programme. During her residency, she will have the unique opportunity to live and work in the former apartment of the renowned Austrian poet Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021).
More than 150 poets from across Europe, Africa, the Americas, Australia, and Asia applied to the Friederike Mayröcker Residency—Austria’s first dedicated poets-in-residence programme. Open to poets of all ages living outside Austria, the initiative supports work that is formally, stylistically, or thematically innovative. Literaturhaus Wien has selected five poets to participate in 2025:
The first resident, Volha Hapeyeva, an award-winning author from Belarus, arrives in January 2025 for a two-month stay. In March/April, Vienna welcomes Marina Skalova, a poet and performer born in Moscow and now based in Switzerland. Ramona de Jesús, a Colombian poet and boxer, follows in May/June. After a summer break, the residency resumes in September/October with Logan February, a non-binary poet and songwriter from Nigeria. Finally, in November/December, Rozalie Hirs, Dutch composer and poet, concludes the 2025 programme.