Tania Haberland is South African-Mauritian-German, raised in Arabia, miseducated in America and matured in Europe, with the water remaining her primary home (and muse). Tania has presented her intercultural 'carnal poetics' and ecopoetic rituals around the world. She currently lives in Mauritius with her partner Fabrizio Dalle Piane, developing The Technology of Tenderness and their CreatiVita project. Her first poetry collection, Hyphen, won the Ingrid Jonker Prize in 2010. Her poem Resurrection was shortlisted for the Gerald Kraak award in 2016. Her first bilingual book Water Flame / Fiamma d’acqua was published by Mille Gru Editions in 2019. IG: @thetechnologyoftenderness