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Marcel Beyer
(Germany, 1965)
Beyer was born on November 23, 1965 in Tailfingen, and studied German and English … |
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Nico Bleutge
(Germany, 1972)
Nico Bleutge was born in 1972 in Munich. Between 1993 and 1998 he studied German … |
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Volker Braun
(Germany, 1939)
Volker Braun was born in Dresden on the 7th of May 1939. After he finished school he … |
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Sonja vom Brocke
(Germany, 1980)
Sonja vom Brocke works as if the subject matter she addresses determines the shape of … |
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Ann Cotten
(USA, 1982)
Born in Iowa in 1982, Ann Cotten moved to Vienna with her parents at the age of five. … |
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Ricardo Domeneck
(Brazil, 1977)
Ricardo Domeneck (Bebedouro, 1977) is one of the most prolific and versatile of a … |
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Ulrike Draesner
(Germany, 1962)
The language Ulrike Draesner spoke on returning to her native Munich in 1984, after a … |
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Elke Erb
(Germany, 1938)
Elke Erb is a translator and literary critic, but mainly writes poetry, prose and … |
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Durs Grünbein
(Germany, 1962)
Born in Dresden in 1962, Durs Grünbein is the most significant and successful poet … |
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Kerstin Hensel
(Germany, 1961)
Kerstin Hensel was born in 1961 in Karl-Marx-Stadt in the German Democratic Republic. … |
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Norbert Hummelt
(Germany, 1962)
The poems of Norbert Hummelt leave a gentle, melancholic impression. Nevertheless, he … |
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Esther Kinsky
(Germany, 1956)
Esther Kinsky was born in Engelskirchen. A year after her birth, however, her family … |
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Thomas Kling
(Germany, 1957–2005)
Thomas Kling, unquestionably one of the most important German-language poets of the … |
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Barbara Köhler
(Germany, 1959)
Barbara Köhler is undoubtedly one of the most important and influential poets of … |
Albert Ostermaier
(Germany, 1967)
Albert Ostermaier still lives in Munich, his place of birth. At 31 he is acclaimed as … |
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Walther Petri
(Germany, 1940)
Walther Petri was born in Leipzig and has been living as an independent author in … |
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Marion Poschmann
(Germany, 1969)
The visible and the invisible enter into surprising unions in the poetry of Marion … |
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Monika Rinck
(Germany, 1969)
Monika Rinck is a unique poet whose poetological thinking equals her poetry itself in … |
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Silke Scheuermann
(Germany, 1973)
Silke Scheuermann received the prestigious Leonce-und-Lena-Preis in 2001 for her debut … |
Lutz Seiler
(Germany, 1963)
Grey images of ore mines and post-war dearth rise from the poems of Lutz Seiler. The … |
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Anja Utler
(Germany, 1973)
Anja Utler was born in Schwandorf in 1973. She studied eastern Slavonic languages and … |