Michael Krüger (born 9 December 1943, in Wittgendorf) is a German writer, publisher and translator. ^[1]

Michael Krüger grew up in Berlin. After the graduating he was apprenticed to a publisher and later studied philosophy and literature. From 1962 to 1965 he worked as a bookseller in London. ^[2]

From 1968 Krüger has worked as an editor at the publishing house Carl Hanser Verlag, and was its editor-in-chief from 1986 to 2014. In 1972 he published his first poems, with his first collection, Reginapoly, appearing in 1976 and his first collection of stories Was tun: Eine altmodische Geschichte (What shall we do: An old-fashioned story) in 1984. Several stories, novels and translations followed. ^[1] His work has garnered many important accolades including the 1986 Toucan Prize and the 1996 Prix Médicis étranger.

He wrote the introduction to the 2010 New York Review of Books edition of Jakov Lind's Soul of Wood.

Since 1975 Krüger has been a jury member of the European literary award Petrarca-Preis. He is also a juror for the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award. ^[3]

Works

• Krüger, Michael; Drawert, Kurt (2001). Archive des Zweifels : Gedichte aus drei Jahrzehnten (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. ISBN  3-518-39795-8. OCLC  50474040.
• —— (2003). Kurz vor dem Gewitter : Gedichte (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. ISBN  3-518-41456-9. OCLC  52911248.
• —— (2007). Die Turiner Komödie Bericht eines Nachlaßverwalters ; Roman (in German). Frankfurt, M. ISBN  978-3-518-45876-1. OCLC  180151476.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
• —— (2007). Unter freiem Himmel : Gedichte (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. ISBN  978-3-518-41912-0. OCLC  173071346.
• —— (2008). Reden und Einwürfe : Gedichte (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Insel. ISBN  978-3-458-19309-8. OCLC  262889460.
• —— (2010). Ins Reine : Gedichte (in German). Berlin: Suhrkamp. ISBN  978-3-518-42168-0. OCLC  657596926.
• —— (2013). Umstellung der Zeit : Gedichte (in German). Berlin. ISBN  978-3-518-42394-3. OCLC  856902497.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
• —— (2016). "Hellwach gehe ich schlafen" hundert Gedichte (in German). Berlin. ISBN  978-3-518-46722-0. OCLC  962180677.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
• —— (2017). Das falsche Haus eine Novelle (in German). Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag. ISBN  978-3-518-24070-0. OCLC  994229551.
• —— (2018). Einmal einfach : Gedichte (in German). Berlin. ISBN  978-3-518-42798-9. OCLC  1020069897.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
• —— (2021). Im Wald, im Holzhaus : Gedichte (in German). Berlin. ISBN  978-3-518-43005-7. OCLC  1264649566.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
• Morselli, Guido; Gschwend, Ragni Maria; —— (2021). Dissipatio humani generis oder Die Einsamkeit Roman (in German). Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag. ISBN  978-3-518-22529-5. OCLC  1265001212.
• —— (2021). Im Wald, im Holzhaus : Gedichte (in German). Berlin. ISBN  978-3-518-43005-7. OCLC  1264649566.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
• —— (2022). Was in den zwei Wochen nach der Rückkehr aus Paris geschah : eine Erzählung (in German). Berlin. ISBN  978-3-518-47230-9. OCLC  1304455326.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)

References

External links

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