Jehona Kicaj, born in Kosovo in 1991 and raised in Göttingen, studied Philosophy, German Studies and Modern German Literature in Hanover.
After academic publications, she has also been publishing literary texts since 2020. She is co-editor of the anthology ›»Und so blieb man eben für immer.« Gastarbeiter:innen und ihre Kinder‹ (2023). The novel ›ë‹ is her debut.