Kurt Kusenberg (June 24, 1904 – October 3, 1983) was a German writer of short stories.
His father was an engineer, who worked in various countries, so Kusenberg grew up in Lisboa, Portugal, and also lived with his parents in North Africa for some time.
While working for the publishers such as Rowohlt as an editor, he wrote nearly seventy short stories.
They are unique in the way that dream, reality, humour, and the absolute fantastic are mixed.
In 2004, on the eve of the 100th anniversary of his birth, a new collection of stories was published.