Michael Krüger

Michael Krüger, born in 1943 in Wittgendorf, Saxony, lives in Munich and Ambach on Lake Starnberg. He is a German writer and translator for poetry, prose, and essays. Krüger is a member of the PEN Center Germany. His most recent publication is "Verabredung mit Dichtern: Erinnerungen und Begegnungen" (eng.: "Appointment with Poets: Memories and Encounters", Suhrkamp 2023). As the recipient of the Poeta Laureatus Prize of the Literaricum Lech 2023, a new poem by him was published monthly until February 2025. Most recently, he was awarded the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art in 2023. 

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