Klaus Ebner was born in 1964 in Vienna, Austria. He is the author of narrative prose, essays, and poetry, and he works as a translator. While most books are written in German, he also writes poetry in the Catalan language. He has received several literature prizes in Austria and Catalonia; e.g. the Wiener Werkstattpreis 2007 in the categories of short story and literary essay, and the Catalan poetry prize Premi de Poesia Parc Taulí 2014.