Jo Frank

Writer

Jo Frank is a multilingual writer and translator.

Jo’s publications include:

SNACKS // prose & poetry (2017)

Die Erbärmlichkeit des Krieges // translations of Wilfred Owen’s poems and selected letters into German (2014)

Erinnerungen an Kupfercreme // trilingual collection of poetry (2012)

Publisher

Jo Frank runs the independent publishing house for poetry and illustration, Verlagshaus Berlin with the designers and visual artists Andrea Schmidt and Dominik Ziller.

Verlagshaus Berlin publishes contemporary German language poetry and international poetry in translation.

Verlagshaus Berlin has grown to become one of the foremost publishers of poetry in German speaking countries.

The belief that poetry can make a difference not only in the lives of individual readers but in society drives the Verlagshaus Berlin in it’s work.

Quality of editing, award-winning design, creative sales and publicity are the most important tools in our collaboration with some of the most exciting voices in contemporary poetry.

Verlagshaus Berlin has published 90 books in six editions since being founded in 2005.

Activist

Jo Frank is the managing director of the Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Scholarship Fund (ELES).

ELES is one of the thirteen scholarship funds supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. ELES supports particularly gifted and socially engaged Jewish students and doctoral candidates of all Jewish denominations at institutions of higher education. In addition to financial support, ELES offers it’s fellows an educational program that spans over 50 events a year. Since its founding in 2009, ELES stands for a contemporary Judaism that honors tradition, that is pluralistic, open, and confident.

Under Rabbi Walter Homolka and Jo Frank’s leadership the ELES team has built programs such as DialoguePerspectives, DAGESH, or #Babel21 and seen ELES grow into a European center of Jewish intellectualism.

Where you can find Jo … sometimes

Verlagshaus Berlin
Chodowieckistraße 2
10405 Berlin
Germany

+49 172 5191265

Readings & Events

04/10 Book Launch »0«
Buchhandlung Montag

06/11 Panel Discussion »Neue Allianzen: Wie gelingt jüdisch-muslimischer Dialog?«
Jewish Museum Berlin

11/12 Book Launch »Weil ich hier leben will …«
Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Berlin