Hans-Ulrich Treichel

Hans-Ulrich Treichel was born in 1952 in Versmold, Westphalia. He studied German literature at the Free University of Berlin and received his doctorate in 1984 with a dissertation on Wolfgang Koeppen. After working as a lecturer in German in Salerno and Pisa, he was a research associate in modern German literature at the Free University of Berlin from 1985 to 1991. He completed his habilitation in 1993. From 1995 to 2018, Treichel was a professor at the German Literature Institute of Leipzig University. As a poet and prose writer, he published works including the novel “Frühe Störung” (2014). His honors include the Annette von Droste-Hülshoff Prize (2003) and the Eichendorff Literature Prize (2006). His works have been translated into 28 languages.