Iris Wolff, born behind the iron curtain in the medieval town of Sibiu, Transylvania in 1977, is an award-winning writer whose work carries the reader deep into her former homeland. The fate of those who stay and those who choose to migrate is the constant and powerful theme weaving through her novels.

Blurred is her fourth novel and the first to be translated into English. Beautifully told through seven voices across three generations, this ‘magical feat of imagination’ (Süddeutsche Zeitung) has received tremendous reviews. ‘Given its extremely original narrative style, one can barely believe how light it is to read and how completely successful this short novel is.’ (Pascal Mathéus, literaturkritik.de).

In 2023 Iris Wolff was awarded the prestigious Dresden Chamisso prize for a work of literature based on a migrant experience contributing to European interconnectedness. She lives in Freiburg in Breisgau.

Blurred is being translated by Ruth Martin and will be published in 2025. Moth Books will also be publishing Iris Wolff’s new novel Clearings, which has received outstanding reviews and acclaim.