Queen of the Mountain

TAK Erzinger is an American/Swiss poet and artist with a Colombian background. Her poetry has been featured in journals from Indiana University, Cornell University, McMaster University, the University of Baltimore and more. Erzinger's poetry collection At the Foot of the Mountain (Floricanto Press, 2021) won the University of Indianapolis Etchings Press Whirling Prize 2021 for best nature poetry book and was a finalist at The International Book Awards 2022. Her poetry collection Tourist (Sea Crow Press, 2023) was recently shortlisted as a finalist at the Eyelands Book Awards 2023. Erzinger was a writer-in-residence at the Art Centre Padula Residency Programme, summer 2023. She lives in the foothills of the Swiss Alps with her husband and two cats. TAK Erzinger is an American/Swiss poet and artist with a Colombian background. Her poetry has been featured in journals from Indiana University, Cornell University, McMaster University, the University of Baltimore and more. Erzinger's poetry collection At the Foot of the Mountain (Floricanto Press, 2021) won the University of Indianapolis Etchings Press Whirling Prize 2021 for best nature poetry book and was a finalist at The International Book Awards 2022. Her poetry collection Tourist (Sea Crow Press, 2023) was recently shortlisted as a finalist at the Eyelands Book Awards 2023. Erzinger was a writer-in-residence at the Art Centre Padula Residency Programme, summer 2023. She lives in the foothills of the Swiss Alps with her husband and two cats.