Ulrich Janetzki

Ulrich Janetzki, born in 1948 in Selm, Germany, is a literary scholar with a doctorate. After completing community service and commercial training, he obtained his university entrance qualification at the Köln-Kolleg and studied in Berlin. From 1986 to 2014, he headed the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin (LCB) as its managing director. As an editor, he published, among other works, “Ick kieke, staune, wundre mir: Berlinerische Gedichte von 1830 bis heute” (2017) and “Die Morgendämmerung der Worte: Poesie-Atlas der Roma und Sinti” (2018). He also published “Entzug, Ende eines Raucherlebens.” Janetzki is a member of PEN and received the Grimme Online Award in 2008.