Jan Stechpalm grew up in Leverkusen, in the Federal Republic of Germany, studied medicine in Cologne and Heidelberg and has been working as a physician for 25 years in Switzerland. He is married, has three adult children and lives near Basel, Switzerland. Writing has become a passion of his throughout the years, resulting in the three poetry books: ‚Aus VersEhen‘ (2008), ‚Versiert serviert‘ (2014) and ‚Verwobene Welten‘ (2017), as well as numerous contributions to various poetry anthologies and this homage to his father’s indomitable spirit.