Andrey Ditzel

Andrey Ditzel (born February 14, 1977, Novosibirsk) is a Russian prose writer, poet, journalist and LGBT activist.

Biography
Born in Novosibirsk on February 14, 1977. Graduate of the Siberian Academy of Public Administration with a degree in Public Relations, Licentiate in the Humanities Faculty of the University of Hamburg.

In the fall of 2001, he entered into a civil partnership with his partner in Germany. The first ever registration of a same-sex union of two Russian citizens caused a discussion in the electronic and print media.

Since 2002 he has been living and working in Germany. He is known as one of the organizers of the Russian-speaking column at the gay pride parade in Berlin [5]. Member of the German Union of Journalists BDFJ.

Repeatedly entered the short lists of the literary competition named after NS Gumilyov "The Lost Tram", the project "Eshkol: Contemporary Israeli and Jewish Culture in Russia" and other competitions. Winner (2010) of the Russian-language poetic slam in Berlin, the international poetry competition "Emigrant Lyre 2014 \ 2015".

In May 2013, Dietzel's photo exhibition "Water Earth" was opened in the Novosibirsk City Center of Fine Arts as part of the Russian-Italian Museum Night.

Publications

 * The pier. Poems – St. Petersburg: Helikon Plus, 2001.
 * Fingers. Poems. – Novosibirsk: Artel "Wasted Labor", 2003.
 * G. Vlasov, A. Ditzel, K. Shcherbino, E. Zhumagulov. Moscow cuisine: Collection of poems. Foreword: S. Arutyunov. Afterword: D. Isakzhanov. – SPb: Helikon, 2005.
 * SLAVISTIKA: Poems, diaries, stories. – SPb .: Artel "Wasted Labor", 2007
 * Centaur vs Satyr. – Tver: KOLONNA Publications, 2009.
 * Water Earth. Collection of poems. – Novosibirsk: "Left Bank", 2013.