Brothers Grimm Poetics Professorship

The Brothers Grimm Poetics Professorship is a visiting professorship established within the University of Kassel since the summer semester of 1985.^[1][2] The honor is given to writers and filmmakers as well as to cultural workers from the fields of theater, art and culture.^[3] The award is traditionally associated with a public poetry lecture, a public reading and a poetry seminar for Kassel students.^[4] Namesakes are the Brothers Grimm, who lived in Kassel.^[3]

Recipients

• 1985 – Dieter Kühn
• 1986/87 – Tankred Dorst
• 1988 – Hans-Joachim Schädlich [de]
• 1990 – Klaus Harpprecht [de]
• 1991/92 – Oskar Pastior
• 1993/94 – Guntram Vesper [de]
• 1996 – Sarah Kirsch
• 1998 – Herta Müller
• 2000 – Volker Braun^[5]
• 2001 – Ludwig Harig [de]
• 2002 – Christoph Hein
• 2003 – Marlene Streeruwitz
• 2004 – Friedrich Christian Delius
• 2005 – Eva Demski [de]
• 2006 – Erich Hackl
• 2007 – Birgit Vanderbeke
• 2008 – Maxim Biller^[6]
• 2009 – Ingo Schulze
• 2010 – Rafik Schami^[7]
• 2011 – Volker Schlöndorff
• 2012 – Uwe Timm^[8]
• 2013 – Sibylle Lewitscharoff
• 2014 – Ilija Trojanow
• 2015 – Paul Maar
• 2016 – Sven Regener^[9]
• 2017 – Juli Zeh
• 2018 – Klaus Hoffer [de]^[10]
• 2019 – Felicitas Hoppe^[11]
• 2021 – Terézia Mora^[12][13]
• 2022 – Doris Dörrie^[14]
• 2023 – Feridun Zaimoglu^[15][4]
• 2024 – Johannes Schmid [de]