°1998 in Zurich (Switzerland), studied scenic writing at the Berlin University of the Arts and the Hildesheim Literature Institute. Matter is the author of several plays, including Grelle Tage, which was published as a book in 2023 and was awarded the Hans Gratzer Prize 2022 and the Nestroy Prize 2023. Matter was part of the artistic direction of the PROSANOVA 2020 literature festival and co-published the literary magazine Bella triste. Muscles of Plastic is Selma Kay Matter’s first work of prose.

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