Mark Heydrich was born in Zweibrücken in 1977. After completing an apprenticeship as a painter and varnisher and studying fine art/mixed media at the HBK Saar in Saarbrücken, Heydrich has been active in literature since 1998 and has since given more than 1,000 readings, poetry slams, and workshops throughout Germany.

In 2009, he was awarded the City of Saarbrücken's fellowship for literature. In 2024, he received the Hans Bernhard Schiff Literature Prize from the City of Saarbrücken. He is the author of two collections of short stories and a book of collected slam poetry texts published in 2025. Since 2008, he has been active for numerous institutions, is on the boards of the Saarland Writers' Association and the Friedrich Bödecker Circle Saarland, and gives workshops on poetry slam and courses on creative writing at schools.

Mark Heydrich lives and works in Saarbrücken.