Matthias Bronisch was born 1937. He studied history of art, archaeologgy, literature and psychology in Munster and Hamburg. In the period 1963-66 and 1971-76 he worked as a lecturer at the univetrsities in Novi Sad, Belgrade and Skopje. He is Member of German Society of Writers since 1978. He has published poetry and prose and has translated Macedonian poetry and prose into German.