Gregor Hens
@gregorhens.bsky.social
Author of NICOTINE and the forthcoming THE CITY AND THE WORLD (both @Fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social). I write fiction and creative nonfiction, translate from English to German and teach creative writing and Urban Studies at the Free University in Berlin.
Bright and early on the first day of summer semester at the @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Welcome Erasmus+ students. #rostlaube
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Bright and early on the first day of summer semester at the @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Welcome Erasmus+ students. #rostlaube
Very much looking forward to discussing The City and the World with the wonderful Lauren Elkin @laurenelkin.bsky.social on May 21. Brick Lane Bookshop London, see you there.
April 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Very much looking forward to discussing The City and the World with the wonderful Lauren Elkin @laurenelkin.bsky.social on May 21. Brick Lane Bookshop London, see you there.
Vorfrühling auf dem Tempelhofer Feld (und bei Bahlsen wird wieder Russisch Brot gebacken) @tempelhoferfeld100.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Vorfrühling auf dem Tempelhofer Feld (und bei Bahlsen wird wieder Russisch Brot gebacken) @tempelhoferfeld100.bsky.social
One way of dealing with winter blues: Making kimchi (while listening to Nina Simone)
February 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
One way of dealing with winter blues: Making kimchi (while listening to Nina Simone)
The lights are on in the library. (Postblock, view from Wilhelmstraße, Berlin Jan. 2025)
February 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The lights are on in the library. (Postblock, view from Wilhelmstraße, Berlin Jan. 2025)
Daddy, why do we dream?
February 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Daddy, why do we dream?
Ivy (transl. by yours truly) just got a well-deserved reprint. It really IS Jane Austen on speed ...
February 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Ivy (transl. by yours truly) just got a well-deserved reprint. It really IS Jane Austen on speed ...
Hey, das ist mal ein schönes Cover. @parasitenpresse.bsky.social
February 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Hey, das ist mal ein schönes Cover. @parasitenpresse.bsky.social
Still fabulous: GSW Hochhaus (currently Rocket Tower) Berlin, Sauerbruch Hutton 1999
February 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Still fabulous: GSW Hochhaus (currently Rocket Tower) Berlin, Sauerbruch Hutton 1999
The zebdonk at the Museum of Natural History Berlin @mfnberlin.bsky.social wants out! At least the zeb half of it ...
February 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The zebdonk at the Museum of Natural History Berlin @mfnberlin.bsky.social wants out! At least the zeb half of it ...
It's beginning to grow on me ...
January 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It's beginning to grow on me ...
I love my office at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. Structuralist architecture at its finest. It keeps me calm and makes me happy.
January 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I love my office at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. Structuralist architecture at its finest. It keeps me calm and makes me happy.
Space age playground
January 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Space age playground
This is the German edition of the forthcoming The City and the World @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social). Book design by Favoritbuero Munich, inside image by Rebecca Ann Tess
January 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This is the German edition of the forthcoming The City and the World @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social). Book design by Favoritbuero Munich, inside image by Rebecca Ann Tess
Waiting for summer (Aldo van Eyck, playground Amsterdam 1969)
January 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Waiting for summer (Aldo van Eyck, playground Amsterdam 1969)
Czech embassy Berlin
January 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Czech embassy Berlin
Mehringplatz Berlin
January 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Mehringplatz Berlin
Shopping cart flashmob
January 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Shopping cart flashmob
Shopping cart tete-a-tete
January 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Shopping cart tete-a-tete