Peter Hamm (27 February 1937 – 22 July 2019)[1] was a German poet, author, journalist, editor, and literary critic.

[1] His first published poems appeared in the literary magazine Akzente in 1954 when he was age 17[2] and in 1956 he was invited to read at the Gruppe 47.

[1] He studied literature not at universities, but by means of direct communication with authors, including Nelly Sachs, with whom he corresponded.

[3] He then was a freelance writer and journalist, publishing literary and music criticism in Der Spiegel and Die Zeit, among others.

[1] He wrote several television documentaries, including portraits of Ingeborg Bachmann, Heinrich Böll, Peter Handke and Martin Walser.