Michael Krüger (born 9 December 1943, in
Wittgendorf) is a German writer, publisher and translator.
Michael Krüger grew up in
Berlin
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. After the graduating he was apprenticed to a
publisher
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and later studied philosophy and literature. From 1962 to 1965 he worked as a
bookseller
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in
London
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.
From 1968 Krüger has worked as an editor at the publishing house
Carl Hanser Verlag
The Carl Hanser Verlag was founded in 1928 by Carl Hanser in Munich and is one of the few medium-sized publishing companies in the German-speaking area still owned by the founding family.
History
From the very beginning, the publishing house h ...
, 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.
His work has garnered many important accolades including the 1986
Toucan Prize The Toucan Prize (german: Tukan-Preis) is a literary prize given by the city of Munich to the best new publication by a Munich author. It has been awarded since 1965 and is endowed with 6,000 Euros.
Recipients
*1965 Paul Mommertz, Georg Schwarz ...
and the 1996
Prix Médicis étranger
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.
He wrote the introduction to the 2010
New York Review of Books
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* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...
edition of
Jakov Lind
Jakov Lind (born ''Heinz Jakov Landwirth'', 10 February 1927 in Vienna – 16 February 2007 in London) was an Austrian-British writer of short stories and novels.
Early life
After the annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938, Jews were immediat ...
's ''Soul of Wood''.
Since 1975 Krüger has been a jury member of the European literary award
Petrarca-Preis
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. He is also a juror for the
Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award
The Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award (Polish: ''Międzynarodowa Nagroda Literacka im. Zbigniewa Herberta'') is a Polish international literature prize established in 2013 in Warsaw and named after a Polish poet, essayist, and morali ...
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References
External links
Interview recordingReview of ''The Executor''*
Poemsat
Lyrikline.org
lyrikline.org hosts contemporary international poetry as audio (read by the authors) and text (original versions & translations), plus bibliographies and biographies for each poet.
lyrikline.org was started in November 1999 as a German-language si ...
1943 births
Living people
20th-century German novelists
21st-century German novelists
German poets
German translators
German publishers (people)
Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
Prix Médicis étranger winners
German male poets
German male novelists
German-language poets
20th-century German male writers
21st-century German male writers
German male non-fiction writers
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