Born: 12 June 1928, Luxembourg
Died: 1 March 2023
Country most active: Luxembourg
Also known as: Luise Anna Blanpain
Luxembourgish author Anise Koltz published dozens of books from the 1950s into the 2010s. While she was arguably the country’s most important poet of her time, she also wrote fairy tales and translated works. Her own writing, mostly written in German and Luxembourgish, has largely been translated into other languages like English, Spanish and Italian. In 1962, she co-founded the literary conference series Journées littéraires de Mondorf (Mondorf Literary Days, now Académie Européenne de Poésie).