Frankfurter Anthologie

The Frankfurt anthology is a collection of German poems with interpretations, founded by Marcel Reich -Ranicki in 1974.

Content

Since June 15, 1974, a poem with a commentary of a poetry connoisseur appears in every Saturday edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The motto of this project is: " The seal an alley. " The anthology was editorially until his death of Reich-Ranicki, who edited the book editions published annually by then.

So far, over 1600 poems have appeared with an interpretation in the Frankfurt anthology. 2012 was published by S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, the 35th band with fifty new contributions.

By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe about 125 poems were presented. But even contemporary poets and poetesses like Sarah Kirsch find their place here.

Among the performers include German professors as Peter von Matt, Ulrich Karthaus, journalists like Reich-Ranicki and even authors such as Hans Christoph Buch, Henning Heske and Durs Grünbein.

Price of the Frankfurt anthology

Since 1998, the 10,000- euro prize of the Frankfurt anthology is awarded to one of their performers annually. Prize winners have been: