Simoné Goldschmidt-Lechner (she/they) is a writer, a translator (Angela Davis — An Autobiography, Rafia Zakaria — Against White Feminism, amongst others), and works as an interdisciplinary artist. Her first novel, Messer, Zungen (Knives, Tongues), was published in 2022. Her bilingual novella Ich kann dich noch sehen (an diesen Tagen)/(Days You’ll Find Me (in a place I like to go) was awarded the Hamburg Literature Prize for Book of the Year 2024. Simoné uses linguistic intervention as an act of social resistance and highlights marginalised perspectives in various genres. Her nonfiction book Nerd Girl Magic (2025) explores fandom culture from marginalised perspectives. She prefers collaboration to competition.
„During my time in Schöppingen, I worked on a project about the sense of security in society in times of increasing right-wing politics. The interdisciplinary project, consisting of a multilingual poetry collection and close collaboration with other art forms, allowed for a discursive examination of the topic. The project is not yet complete, but I am looking forward to further collaborations with Künstler*dorf and to the many new approaches that have emerged from interactions with other artists.“