In the winter semester 2025/26, the poet and storyteller Michael Lentz will take over the 44th Paderborn Guest Lectureship for Writers. From 8 December onwards, Lentz will give readings under the title "Loosely ordered, more deeply read. On Form as Process", Lentz will provide insights into his literary and artistic work in readings, lectures and a musical event. The poetry lectureship will conclude on 27 January with an academic symposium.
Lentz won the German Poetry Slam Championship in 1998. In 2001, he received the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for his work "Muttersterben". He has been President of the Free Academy of Arts in Leipzig since 2004. He was awarded the Prize of the Houses of Literature in 2005 and has also been a professor at the University of Leipzig since 2006. He became known for his novel "Pacific Exile", among other things.
The event is organised by Prof. Dr. Norbert Otto Eke and Prof. Dr. Stefan Elit of the Institute of German and Comparative Literature and the Centre for Contemporary German Literature at Paderborn University.
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