He is undoubtedly one of the last rare protagonists in the literary world who still really has something to say, not least because his eloquence and expertise also mean witnessing. As a bookseller, editor and long-time head of the Hanser publishing house and not to forget as a writer, Michael Krüger has accompanied and actively shaped German-language literature for over six decades. He already talked about this in his last book Dating poets eloquent testimony was given, as was the follow-up volume Among poets is dedicated to memories and encounters with those he misplaced or whose lives he crossed at some point. If you add up everyone with whom he was friends and had a close relationship beyond reading, you can put together a short literary history.
