Hans Krieger was a German writer, essayist, journalist of influential weekly papers such as Die Zeit, broadcaster and poet.
10 Facts About Hans Krieger
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Hans Krieger wrote poetry, essays, cultural criticism, theater and art reviews, translated books from French and taught theatre criticism at the University of Munich.
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Hans Krieger has authored numerous papers and radio journalism for the Bavarian radio, Bayerischer Rundfunk, and literary and nonfiction reviews in the newspapers Die Zeit and the Suddeutsche Zeitung, among others.
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Hans Krieger was an influential reviewer of books and authors, such as Wilhelm Reich, Alice Miller, Arthur Janov, Arno Gruen and Otto Mainzer.
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Since 1963, Hans Krieger was active in discussions to reform German orthography.
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Hans Krieger was one of the 100 authors who signed an appeal to withdraw the 1996 orthography change, alongside Gunter Grass, Martin Walser and Ralph Giordano.
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Hans Krieger was from 1999 to 2002 president of the Stiftung zur Forderung des Schrifttums in Munich, which was founded by Friedrich Marker and has awarded the Friedrich-Marker-Preis for essays since 1986.
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From 1993, Hans Krieger published six volumes of poetry, commenting: "Gedichte sind Musik aus Worten".
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Hans Krieger wrote Im Gebirg on a poem of Krieger for mezzo-soprano, alto flute, cello and piano, premiered at the Gasteig in 2010 by Martina Koppelstetter, Jens Josef, the composer and Christopher White.
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Hans Krieger wrote the text for a Christmas cantata which was first performed in Schloss Borbeck in Essen on 4 December 2011.