Karl Riha

Karl Riha was a German poet, writer and literary scholar.

Life and career

Riha was born in Český Krumlov, Czechoslovakia on 3 June 1935. From 1989, he published the series Vergessene Autoren der Moderne, along with Marcel Beyer at the University of Siegen.
In 1996, he was awarded the Kassel Literary Prize for Grotesque Humor.
Riha died in Siegen on 10 January 2026, at the age of 90.