Hubert Spiegel

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Hubert Spiegel (born December 11, 1962 in Essen ) is a German journalist and literary scholar .

Hubert Spiegel 2011

Life

Spiegel studied sociology, political science, German and history in Tübingen and Freiburg . In 1988, a three-month internship led to the feature section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , permanent freelance work, numerous theater reviews and, after graduating in 1991, cultural reporting from Baden-Württemberg . Spiegel has been an editor in the features section of the FAZ since October 1993 . In 2001 he took over the management of the literature and literary life department, which he gave up at the end of 2008. Since then he has devoted himself to a wide variety of topics as Germany correspondent for the feature section. He is responsible for the "Frankfurter Anthologie" founded by Marcel Reich-Ranicki in 1974, which he opened to international poetry in German translation.

Spiegel was visiting professor at the universities of Marburg and Jena and visiting professor at the University of Göttingen. In 2008, together with the literary critic Ina Hartwig, he founded the discussion series "Schöne Aussichten" at the Literaturhaus Frankfurt, which has since been broadcast in an abridged version by the Hessischer Rundfunk. As a juror he was and is involved in the awarding of numerous literary prizes. In 2005 he was awarded the Alfred Kerr Prize for literary criticism. He is the editor of the volumes “What a life. Marcel Reich-Ranicki's memories ”,“ Dear Lord Chandos. Answers to a letter ”,“ My favorite book ”,“ Encounters with Marcel Reich-Ranicki ”and“ Kafka's sentences ”. Since 2017 he has been a permanent member of the Lyrical Quartet in the Lyrik Kabinett Munich, together with the critic Kristina Maidt-Zinke and the lecturer Florian Kessler .

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  1. ^ The Lyrische Quartett - Stiftung Lyrik Kabinett. Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Spiegel, Hubert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH eat