Thomas Möhlmann read Modern Dutch Literature at the University of Amsterdam and was a programmer for poetry theatre Perdu in Amsterdam.

He currently works at the Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature (www.nlpvf.nl), is chief editor of the Dutch poetry magazine Awater (www.poezieclub.nl) and editor of several literary websites and poetry anthologies.

His first collection of poems, De vloeibare jongen (The Liquid Boy; Prometheus, Amsterdam 2005) was shortlisted for the C. Buddingh’ Prize for new Dutch language poetry in 2006 and was awarded the prestigious Lucy B. & C.W. van der Hoogt Prize in 2007. In October 2009 he published his most recent collection, Kranen open (Taps Open; Prometheus, Amsterdam 2009).