Klaus Reichert

About Klaus Reichert

Klaus Reichert (b. 1938) is a writer, translator, and literary scholar. He studied philosophy, German literature, and English literature in Marburg, London, Berlin, and Frankfurt am Main, among others with Peter Szondi and Theodor W. Adorno. After working as an editor at Insel and Suhrkamp (1964–1970) and as co-editor of the Frankfurt edition of James Joyce (1969–1981), he served as Professor of English and American literature at Goethe University Frankfurt from 1975 to 2003. From 2002 to 2011, he was President of the German Academy for Language and Literature. Reichert’s work includes essays, translations, and studies on European and American modernism, with a particular focus on the intersections of literature, music, and philosophy. He has published extensively on modern literature, poetics, and aesthetic thought, and has engaged in depth with authors such as James Joyce as well as composers such as John Cage.mes Joyce sowie mit Komponisten wie John Cage.