Dinçer Güçyeter was born in Nettetal in 1979. In 2012, Güçyeter founded the poetry-focused ELIF publishing house. Aus Glut geschnitzt was published in 2017, and Mein Prinz, ich bin das Ghetto in 2021. Güçyeter was awarded the Peter Huchel Prize in 2022. His novel Unser Deutschlandmärchen was honored with the Leipzig Book Fair Prize in 2023. In 2024, he received the Else Lasker Schüler Prize. He is a father of two children and lives in Nettetal.