Emil Kjær Voss is a writer of fiction and a translator. After two collections of poems from 2017 and 2019, his literary works have mainly been prose in order to allow a more thorough examination of the subjects of interest. This has manifested itself in narrators really wanting to come to terms with everything from a broken and destructive relationship to an endless walk through post-apocalyptic surroundings as a ghost, trying to figure out why he/she/they wanted to leave the world of the living. It might all sound sad, but the careful attempts to understand often let humorous perspectives and goofy absurdity take over, at least for a while.

During his stay in Nara, Emil will be visiting and examining public bathhouses (sentō) as an extension of his interest in swimming, public pools, and the mindset that the water as a room of its own can offer. Latest publications: Et hus i Humlebæk (2023, A House in Humlebaek), novel “Når krisen og krigen kommer” (2024, When Crisis and War Come), an extract – https://weakpress.substack.com/p/nar-krisen-og-krigen-kommer