Manfred Osten

Manfred Osten (born 19 January 1938 in Ludwigslust) is a German poet, author, lawyer, former diplomat and cultural historian.

In 1969, he earned a doctorate upon the completion of a thesis concerning the concept of natural law in the early writings of Schelling.

[1] He then joined the diplomatic service of the Federal Republic of Germany.

His career as a diplomat included postings in France, Cameroon, Chad, Australia, Japan, and Hungary.

He is in addition a member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz.