Michael Krüger (born 9 December 1943, in

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) is a German writer, publisher and translator. Michael Krüger grew up in

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. After the graduating he was apprenticed to a

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and later studied philosophy and literature. From 1962 to 1965 he worked as a

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. From 1968 Krüger has worked as an editor at the publishing house

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, 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 and the 1996 Prix Médicis étranger. He wrote the introduction to the 2010

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edition of

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'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 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 mora ...

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Interview recording

Review of ''The Executor''
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Poems
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