Cornelius Kopf-Finke was born in Bremen on November 27, 1949, grew up there and went to school. After studying social pedagogy, he worked professionally in day care.
For many years he was involved in trade unions and on the staff council of the youth welfare office. After all, since the KiTa Bremen was founded in 2004, he had been responsible for specialist controlling and resource management as a consultant to the management.
During this activity, he set up the Poetics Forum in his company. For several years, this was the basis for regular poetry readings, which were intended to specifically address the educational staff of the institution.

In 2011, before he even retired, he became a member of LitQ (literary quarter Bremen) with regular reading appearances at public events. When he retired in 2014, Cornelius Kopf-Finke took on the task of secretarius for the LitQ, which he is currently doing.

Other reading activities over the years have included readings in the children's ward of the Links der Weser hospital and readings as part of the "Real Guys Read" program in the children's library in the city library. Another focus is accompanying readings on various exhibition topics in the Werner Zöhl - Museum KaFF (Art on the River Fischerhude).