Michael Krüger. Unter Dichtern. (Autorenlesung)

In the organizer's words:

26.11.25, Wed., 19:30
Michael Krüger. Among poets. (Suhrkamp Verlag)
Author reading and discussion in the series: New German Literature

Michael Krüger has spent his whole life with poets. He has published their books with Hanser and elsewhere, printed them in the magazine Akzente, which he edited for thirty years, awarded them the Petrarca Prize, which he founded with his friends Nicolas Born, Bazon Brock, Hubert Burda and Peter Handke. He has introduced countless readings and delivered hundreds of eulogies, he has traveled with the poets - and time and again he has had to write obituaries for his friends. In Unter Dichtern, Michael Krüger has brought together an impressive selection of texts written during his journey of work, poetry and life for our entertainment and edification, and put them into context from today's perspective.

Michael Krüger was born on December 9, 1943 in Wittgendorf/Kreis Zeitz. After graduating from a Berlin grammar school, he completed an apprenticeship as a bookseller and printer. He also attended courses at the Faculty of Philosophy as a guest student at the Free University of Berlin. From 1962 to 1965, Michael Krüger lived as a bookseller in London. In 1966, he began working as a literary critic. Two years later, in 1968, he took on the role of publishing editor at Carl Hanser Verlag, which he headed in 1986 and held until 2013. Michael Krüger first published his poems in 1972 and made his debut as a storyteller in 1984 with the volume Was tun? An old-fashioned story. This was followed by numerous other volumes of short stories, novels, editions and translations.

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