Heinrich Detering

Heinrich Detering (born 1 November 1959 in Neumünster) is a poet, writer, scholar and Professor in the fields of Literary Studies and Comparative literature Studies, mainly at the University of Göttingen.

After his 1978 Abitur in Lemgo, Detering undertook studies in German philology, theology and philosophy at the University of Göttingen and Heidelberg University between 1979 and 1985.

Following his habilitation in 1993, he held a professorship in comparative literature at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich between 1994 and 1995.

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] His research focuses on German and Scandinavian literature of the 18th to 20th centuries (e.g. Hans Christian Andersen, Theodor Storm, Thomas Mann) and on the song poetry of Bob Dylan.

He was president of the German Academy for Language and Poetry (2011–2017) and the Theodor Storm Society [de] (2003–2015).