Michael Braun (critic)

Michael Braun at the Erlanger Poetenfest 2015

Michael Braun (* 1958 in Hauenstein (Palatinate) ) is a German literary critic and, among other things, editor of the Deutschlandfunk poetry calendar . He lives in Heidelberg.

Career and work

Braun studied German and philosophy. He works on the radio, has been a presenter at the Erlanger Poetenfest since 1994 and has published numerous anthologies of contemporary poetry. With his extensive critical work in almost all public media in German-speaking countries (such as the Neue Zürcher Zeitung or the Tagesspiegel ), Michael Braun is considered one of the most profound experts on German-language poetry. His literary criticism, which has been ongoing for over forty years, is distinguished by detailed contributions to individual authors as well as by critical support for literary institutions, festivals and fundamental, global changes in the literary scene. In numerous interviews, he opened up innovative approaches to contemporary poetry and the interactions with other arts, such as painting.

Publications (selection)

• The poetic moment. Essays on contemporary literature. Vis-à-Vis, Berlin 1986 ISBN 3-924040-07-9
• The shattered Orpheus. About poetry. Das Wunderhorn , Heidelberg 2002 ISBN 3-88423-197-9
• Hugo Ball. The magical bishop of the avant-garde. Das Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 2011 ISBN 978-3-88423-364-1
• with Michael Buselmeier : The yellow acrobat. 50 German poems of the present, annotated. poetenladen, Leipzig 2011
• with Michael Buselmeier: The yellow acrobat 2. 50 German poems of the present, annotated. poetenladen, Leipzig 2016
• The second creation: poetry and fine arts: Michael Braun in conversation with Klaus Merz, Nico Bleutge , Gerhard Falkner , Marcus Roloff , Silke Scheuermann . The Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 2016

As editor

• with Hans Thill : point time . German-language poetry from the 80s. Das Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 1987 ISBN 3-88423-049-2
• with Hans Thill: The lost alphabet. German-language poetry from the nineties. Das Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 1998 ISBN 3-88423-139-1
• with Hans Thill: Song from pure nothing. German-language poetry of the 21st century. Das Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 2010 ISBN 978-3-88423-326-9
• Jean Krier: The intervention is clear. Poems from the estate. poetenladen Verlag 2014 ISBN 978-3-940691-61-3

Awards (selection)

• 2018: Alfred Kerr Prize for Literary Criticism

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Braun: Time of Dissolution | NZZ . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . August 21, 2014, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed February 15, 2018]).
2. ^ Alfred Kerr Prize for Literary Criticism 2018 / Friend of Poets. Retrieved February 15, 2018 . 
3. ↑ See lyrikwelt.de ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Fine drifts | NZZ . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . May 15, 2013, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed February 15, 2018]).
5. ↑ Interview with critic Michael Braun / poetry anthologies: "For hunters and collectors". Retrieved February 15, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Leukerbad 2015 | Literature Festival | Michael Braun. Retrieved February 15, 2018 . 
7. ↑ encounters | Fixpoetry. Retrieved February 15, 2018 . 
8. ^ Alfred Kerr Prize for literary criticism 2018: Freund der Poeten , boersenblatt.net, February 15, 2018, accessed on February 15, 2018

Web links

• Literature by and about Michael Braun in the catalog of the German National Library
• Portrait of the author on the website of the poetenladen
• Biography and available titles on the website of the publishing house Das Wunderhorn