Celebrated German writer, poet, translator and publisher Michael Kruger was born on December 9, 1943, in Wietzendorf, Saxony (Germany). M. Kruger is the laureate of many literary prizes (among them the Tukan Prize (1983), the Prix Medicis Etranger (1996), the Morike Prize and others).

After graduating from a Berlin gymnasium, he studied book publishing and trade. He attended philosophy lectures at the Free University of Berlin.

From 1962 to 1965, M. Kruger sold his books in London where he was living. In 1966, he became a literary critic, and in 1981, he began to publish the literary magazine Akcente (Accent). In 1972, the writer published his first selection of poems and in 1984, he debuted as a prose writer with the selection Was tun? Eine altmodische Geschichte (What to do? An old-fashioned story).

M. Kruger heads the publishing house “Carl Hanser Verlag”. It was there that the books of the famous writers, Umberto Eco, Henning Mankell, Per Olov Enquist appeared, which is why M. Kruger has been called a literary visionary.

In 2007, the publishing house “Versus aureus” published and presented the novel “Turin Comedy” at the Vilnius Book Fair. In this novel, the main character sets out to deal with the will and testament of his best friend Rudolf, who had committed suicide. Rudolf was a well-known writer and professor who for all his life had loved house pets. Among his handwritings he left his Opus Magnum. The search through his dead friend’s book reveals the most unexpected things.