Department of German

Prof. Dr. Hans-Michael Speier (Spring 2012)

Hans-Michael Speier, a poet, translator, and literary scholar, will be the Max Kade Professor at Georgetown for the spring 2012 Semester. Speier, founder and publisher of the literary magazine PARK: Zeitschrift für neue Literatur, won the A und A Kulturstiftung literary prize in 2011. He has published numerous anthologies and translated modern English, French, and Italian poetry. In addition to founding PARK, Speier also established the Paul-Celan-Jahrbuch. His own lyric poetry has appeared in eight volumes and over 30 anthologies and has been translated into seven languages. In 2007 he received the Schiller Award.

Some of his publications include:

-Traumschaum (Gedichte), Berlin 1978
-Die Ästhetik Jean Pauls in der Dichtung des deutschen Symbolismus, Frankfurt/M. 1979
-Kaum U... (Gedichte), Krefeld 1981
-En un lieu toujours autre (Gedichte), Paris 1983
-Eisgang (Gedichte, mit Zeichungen von Christa v. Baum), Krefeld 1986
-Im Übersetzen leben, Tübingen 1986
-Berlin! Berlin! Lyrik-Anthologie (Reclam), Stuttgart 1987
-Poesie der Metropole, Berlin 1990
-Die Akribie der Zärtlichkeit (Gedichte), Potsdam 1995
-Berlin mit deinen frechen Feuern (Anthologie), 1997
-Mitlesebuch (Gedichte), Berlin 1998
-Interpretationen von Gedichten Paul Celans (Reclam), Stuttgart 2002
-Scherbenschnitte (Gedichte), Berlin 1999
-Wüste Pfade (Gedichte), Berlin 2004
-Welt/Raum/Reisen (Gedichte), Berlin 2007

Past Max Kade Professors

Birgit Dahlke, Ph.D. (Spring 2011)
Max Kade Visiting Professor, Humboldt University