Norman P. Franke is a New Zealand based poet, academic and filmmaker. Norman’s poetry has been broadcasted on radio and published in anthologies in Europe, North America and New Zealand. He was 2017/18 finalist at the Aesthetica (UK) and Feldkircher (Austria) literature contests, shortlisted for the 2021 Münchner Lyrikpreis (Germany and also for the Bridport Prize (UK).