Michael Krüger

Michael Krüger is a renowned German writer, publisher, and translator born in 1943 in Wittgendorf, Saxony-Anhalt. He has been a key figure in Germany's literary life for decades, serving as the managing director of Carl Hanser Verlag and editor of the literary magazine Akzente, while also publishing numerous poems, stories, novellas, and novels. His work includes the acclaimed novel Himmelfarb, which won the 1996 Médicis étranger prize.