Ching-Ching Chiu, born in Taiwan in 1993, studied German and English Literature at the National Chengchi University in her hometown Taipei. In 2017, she moved to Germany to study at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, where she completed her Master’s degree in German Studies and is currently pursuing a PhD on the topic of Mythos und Märchen, Einklang und Mischung in Werken von Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Chiu is also an artist and has held exhibitions in Paris, Miami, and Venice. Her works of art could be seen on the Instagram account “downstreet 7”.