Marcel Beyer

Marcel Beyer, born in Tailfingen/Württemberg in 1965, grew up in Kiel and Neuss. He studied German and English literature in Siegen, writing an MA thesis on the poet Friederike Mayröcker in 1992. A poet, essayist and novelist, he has also translated poetry by Gertrude Stein and Michael Hofmann. Marcel Beyer has received numerous awards including Germany’s most prestigious, the Georg Büchner Prize. He has lived in Dresden since 1996.

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Marcel Beyer

‘Everyone should read this melancholy examination of cross-border phenomena.’ Adam Thirlwell Published 1st April 2022. Eight essays on literature, language, art, Europe and life from one of Germany’s most revered living writers. After a visit to Putin’s old postbox, the reader is taken to Dresden and Brixton, Gdańsk and Minsk, diverted to birds, bees, stray

  • Putin’s Postbox
    eBook 5.99 GBP
    ePub
    1 April 2022
  • Putin’s Postbox
    Book 12.99 GBP
    Novel
    B-format paperback
    1 April 2022