Her books to date include her first poetry collection Useful Children Games (2016, Antipodes Editions) which was awarded both the Writers’ Society “Yannis Varveris” Prize for Young Authors and (ex aequo) the National Book Award for New Authors. Her second poetry collection Probable Landscapes (2021, Antipodes Editions) is shortlisted for the National Poetry Prize. Her third poetry collection Epistles was published in 2024 (Antipodes Editions). Her poetry has been translated into fifteen langugages and published in acclaimed journals and newspapers nationally and internationally Her work has been presented at numerous festivals and other events in Greece and abroad.

She is the editor of the annotated anthology Judíos/Argentinos/Escritores (1999) and the monographs: Las ciudades imaginarias en la literatura latinoamericana (2008), Políticas de la destrucción / Poéticas de la preservación. Apuntes para una lectura (eco)crítica del medio ambiente en América latina (2013), which received the First Honorable Mention of the LASA Southern Cone section (Premio Libro Humanidades) in 2015, and Visualizing Loss in Latin America: Biopolitics, Waste, and the Urban Environment (2023), which received the LASA Environment Section Honorable Mention for 2023 publications.

As part of the WUK-in PLUS-Mozarteum PhD program, she researches nuns’ art and, alongside ecofeminism, equality, and other social issues, integrates the life and work of nuns into her artistic practice. In 2020, she received the Hugo Ball Advancement Award and the Bernard Heidsieck Prize. In 2023/2024, she was a DAAD and MQ fellow. Most recent publications: Mondgesichter (M&S, 2022), AnnaMaria singt (Prae, 2023), MariaMachina (vocal poetry album, DAAD-Hinge Thunder Records, 2024), MariaMachina (M&S, 2026).
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This was followed by the poetry collection K čemu jste na světě (“What You Were Born For”, 2018), the novel Výprava na ohňostroj (“The Fireworks Expedition”, 2019) dedicated to the European Union and young people, and the satirical epic Baban Rejdiš: Legenda o Bocianovi (“Baban Rejdiš: Legend of Bocian”, 2021) about how the Czech ex-prime minister was originally a stork. Occasionally, he translates (Roland Barthes, Oscar Wilde…). He works as an editor at the Revue Prostor and is preparing his dissertation České moře (“The Czech Sea”), for publication. He doesn't know if he prefers cats or dogs, but he sure loves goats. More at www.ondrejmacl.cz/en.

His second novel, Red (Hunger), followed in 2022. His novels have received numerous awards. Varatharajah lives in Berlin.

His poetry is dense with an aim for simplicity and reflects his varied life experiences. Worked with conceptual poetry and lately children's poetry. Latest book is co written with british poet Steven F. Fowler. Zeļģis had worked in vineyards in France, in construction in Mexico, as a librarian, as a baker and now as a brewer, branching into many aspects of the world as can be seen in his poems. He has also been involved in collaborations with other art forms, performing with composers, participating in art exhibitions and some of his poems have been transformed into dance at the Latvian National Theatre.