Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Hans Magnus Enzensberger is a German author, poet, translator, and editor. He has also written under the pseudonym Andreas Thalmayr. He studied literature and philosophy at the universities of Erlangen, Freiburg, and Hamburg, and at the Sorbonne in Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1955 for a thesis about Clemens Brentano’s poetry. Until 1957 he worked as a radio editor in Stuttgart. He participated in several gatherings of Group 47. Between 1965 and 1975 he edited the magazine Das Kursbuch. Since 1985 he has been the editor of the prestigious book series Die Andere Bibliothek, published in Frankfurt, now containing almost 250 titles. Together with Gaston Salvatore, Enzensberger was the founder of the monthly TransAtlantik. His own work has been translated into more than forty languages. (Photo credit: Don Usner)