Jean Bürlesk is a storyteller. He writes, he reads, he acts, he makes jokes nobody understands. He would sing and dance, but he has no sense of rhythm or melody. Sometimes he still sings and dances. As a Luxembourger and a lover of words, he expresses himself in five recognizable languages, seven or eight of which he's been known to misuse for literary purposes. He’s a terrific tour guide, unless of course he’s not - and people just don’t have the heart to tell him. His debut short story collection The Pleasure of Drowning was awarded the Prix d’Encouragement de la Fondation Servais 2019 und published by Luna Press Publishing in March 2020.