Michael Speier, born 1950, lives in Berlin (Germany). His publications
include numerous volumes of poetry as well as contributions in some 30
anthologies. He is the founding and continuing editor of the international
literary magazine ‚Park‘ (since 1976) and the ‚Paul Celan-Jahrbuch‘ (since
1987). He also translated widely from English, French,and Italian (Zanzotto,
Deguy, Roubaud, Palmer, Waldrop, Duncan).
Michael Speier is Honorary Adjunct Professor at the University of Cincinnati
(USA) since 1997. He is also periodically involved with teaching and other
projects at the Freie Universität Berlin, the universities of Leipzig
and Hildesheim. His primary interests include art and literature, symbolism,
expressionism, translation theory and practice, the image of the city in
literature, and modern poetry, especially Paul Celan. In addition to numerous
articles and reviews, he has written or edited the following books.
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