three poems
by Erich von Neff
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Photo of Erich von Neff
BIO: Erich von Neff is a San Francisco longshoreman. He received his master’s degree in philosophy from San Francisco State University and was a graduate research student at the University of Dundee, Scotland.
He is well known in both French avant-garde and mainstream literary circles. In France, he has won awards such as Prix 26, given readings at the Cafe Montmartre, and published over 1295 poems and 289 short stories. In 2023, Editions Unicite published his book, 6 Affaires rèsolues par Frieda et Gitta: notre duo de charme de la police parisienne. In 2025, Histria Romance published his novel, The Quan Shang Opera.