Lutz Seiler
AUTHOR

Lutz Seiler

Literature & Fiction
Tap the gear icon above to manage new release emails.
Poet, novelist and essayist Lutz Seiler was born in Gera, Thuringia, in 1963 and today lives in Wilhelmshorst, near Berlin, and in Stockholm. After an apprenticeship in construction, he worked as a carpenter and bricklayer. Since 1997, he has been the literary director and custodian of the Peter Huchel Haus, which became home to Seiler after he broke and entered it, with the blessing of the widow of the poet Huchel. His writing has won many prizes, including the Leipzig Book Fair Prize, the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize and the German Book Prize, and been translated into twenty-five languages. For the body of his work, he was awarded the 2023 Georg Büchner Prize, whose past recipients include Max Frisch, Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann. His novel Star 111, his volume of non-fiction In Case of Loss and the poetry collection Pitch & Glint are published by And Other Stories. Some of his stories, poems and essays have appeared in Granta, Modern Poetry in Translation, PN Review, Poetry, PROTOTYPE, the New Statesman, the TLS and The White Review.
Read more Read less

Try Audible membership today. Start enjoying the benefits.

Try Audible for free with an audiobook of your choice.
Try Audible free
Automatically renews at AUD $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Most Popular

Product list
  • Stern 111 cover art

    Non-member price: $23.31 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $23.31 or 1 Credit

    Try for $0.00
  • Kruso cover art

    Non-member price: $15.06 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $15.06 or 1 Credit

    Try for $0.00