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.
The honor is given to writers and filmmakers as well as to cultural workers from the fields of theater, art and culture. The award is traditionally associated with a public poetry lecture, a public reading and a poetry seminar for Kassel students. Namesakes are the Brothers Grimm, who lived in Kassel.
Recipients
- 1985 – Dieter Kühn
- 1986/87 – Tankred Dorst
- 1988 –
- 1990 –
- 1991/92 – Oskar Pastior
- 1993/94 –
- 1996 – Sarah Kirsch
- 1998 – Herta Müller
- 2000 – Volker Braun
- 2001 –
- 2002 – Christoph Hein
- 2003 – Marlene Streeruwitz
- 2004 – Friedrich Christian Delius
- 2005 –
- 2006 – Erich Hackl
- 2007 – Birgit Vanderbeke
- 2008 – Maxim Biller
- 2009 – Ingo Schulze
- 2010 – Rafik Schami
- 2011 – Volker Schlöndorff
- 2012 – Uwe Timm
- 2013 – Sibylle Lewitscharoff
- 2014 – Ilija Trojanow
- 2015 – Paul Maar
- 2016 – Sven Regener
- 2017 – Juli Zeh
- 2018 –
- 2019 – Felicitas Hoppe
- 2021 – Terézia Mora
- 2022 – Doris Dörrie
- 2023 – Feridun Zaimoglu
- 2024 –
- 2025 – Judith Hermann