Dirk Huelstrunk is a sound poet and artist, writer, translator, creative writing teacher, host and curator of art, music and poetry events from Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Influences range from Dada, Surrealists, Fluxus, Beat-Poets to Pop and modern electronic sound poetry. He works with and between different media and frequently collaborates with other artists. Huelstrunk teaches creative writing and performance poetry and lectures on Sound Poetry, Spoken Word, Outsider Art. Huelstrunk is also a pioneer of the Spoken Word movement in Germany by way of creating Spoken Word events since 1996. Since 2014 he has been curating and hosting literature events for Frankfurt Bookfair "Guest of Honor" countries.