Prayer for Shadows/Gebet für Schatten
Music by Gabriel Walker
Dr. Aprilia Zank is a lecturer for Creative Writing and Translation Theory from Germany. She is also a poet, translator and editor of anthologies. She writes verse in English and German, and was awarded a prize at the “Vera Piller” Poetry Contest in Zurich. Her poetry collection, TERMINUS ARCADIA, was 2nd Place Winner at the Twowolvz Press Poetry Chapbook Contest 2013. BAREFOOT TO ARCADIA was translated in Telugu by the eminent Indian poet Dr. L. S. R. Prasad and published in India in 2018 as a bilingual book. Her Beat poetry collection
READING THE SIGNS was launched in the USA in 2019.
Aprilia has received wide recognition in both western and eastern countries for her merits and achievements. In 2018, she was awarded the title “Dr. Aprilia Zank – Germany Beat Poet Laureate – Lifetime”, by the National Beat Poetry Foundation (USA). Aprilia is also a passionate photographer. Many of her images are prize winners and have been selected for poetry book covers.