Werner Vogel, born on February 25, 1964, in Vienna; studied German language and literature and history; since 1990, teacher and headmaster at Viennese secondary schools; co-author of textbooks for German language instruction.

Active in literature since 1980. Publication of several volumes of poetry; his texts have appeared in numerous anthologies, literary magazines, daily newspapers, and on radio; readings at the Leipzig Book Fair in 2006, several times at the Literaturhaus Wien and in the “Alte Schmiede” (Vienna, 2008); literature scholarship from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Arts and Culture; winner of several prizes and awards in literature competitions.