Michael Krüger (born 9 December 1943, in Wittgendorf) is a German writer, publisher and translator.[1]
Michael Krüger grew up in Berlin. After the graduating he was apprenticed to a publisher and later studied philosophy and literature. From 1962 to 1965 he worked as a bookseller in London.[2]
From 1968 Krüger has worked as an editor at the publishing house Carl Hanser Verlag, 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.[1] His work has garnered many important accolades including the 1986 Toucan Prize and the 1996 Prix Médicis étranger.
Krüger, Michael; Drawert, Kurt (2001). Archive des Zweifels : Gedichte aus drei Jahrzehnten (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. ISBN3-518-39795-8. OCLC50474040.
—— (2003). Kurz vor dem Gewitter : Gedichte (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. ISBN3-518-41456-9. OCLC52911248.
—— (2007). Die Turiner Komödie Bericht eines Nachlaßverwalters ; Roman (in German). Frankfurt, M. ISBN978-3-518-45876-1. OCLC180151476.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Morselli, Guido; Gschwend, Ragni Maria; —— (2021). Dissipatio humani generis oder Die Einsamkeit Roman (in German). Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag. ISBN978-3-518-22529-5. OCLC1265001212.
—— (2022). Was in den zwei Wochen nach der Rückkehr aus Paris geschah : eine Erzählung (in German). Berlin. ISBN978-3-518-47230-9. OCLC1304455326.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)