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Michael Krüger (writer)

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German writer, publisher and translator (born 1943)
Michael Krüger at the Leipzig Book Fair

Michael Krüger (born 1943) is a German writer, publisher and translator.

Early life and education

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Michael Krüger was born in 1943 in Wittgendorf, Saxony, Germany.[1] He grew up in Berlin.[2]

After completing secondary schooling, he was apprenticed to a publisher and later studied philosophy and literature.[1]

Career

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From 1962 to 1965 Krüger worked as a bookseller in London.[2]

From 1968 he worked as an editor at the publishing house Carl Hanser Verlag, becoming director in 1986. He was also head of fiction publishing.[1]

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]

Recognition and awards

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Krüger's work has garnered many important accolades, including the 1986 Toucan Prize and the 1996 Prix Médicis étranger.[citation needed ]

Other activities

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Krüger wrote the introduction to the 2010 New York Review of Books edition of Jakov Lind's Soul of Wood.[citation needed ]

From 1975 he became a jury member of the European literary award Petrarca-Preis.[citation needed ]

He is also a juror for the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award.[3] [4]

Works

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Michael Krüger". Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Michael Krüger auf suhrkamp.de". Suhrkamp Verlag.
  3. ^ "Five Years of the Zbigniew Herbert Award". Culture.pl.
  4. ^ "Laureate of the Zbigniew Herbert Literary Award 2017". Fundacja Herberta. 16 September 1939. Archived from the original on 22 June 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
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