Between my finger and my thumb /
The squat pen rests. /
I’ll dig with it.
Board and Trustees of the Lyrik Kabinett Foundation
Prof. Dr. Tobias Döring, b. 1965
Professor for English Literature at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, formerly President of the German Shakespeare Society, contributor to the literary section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Karl Haeusgen, b. 1966
Studied business administration in St. Gallen (Switzerland); Chief Executive Officer of HAWE Hydraulik SE.
Ursula Haeusgen, b. 1942
Founder of the Lyrik Kabinett. 1999 "Silbergriffel" for distinguished services in the mediation and distribution of literature (Stiftung zur Förderung des Schrifttums); 2000 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; 2002 Schwabinger Kunstpreis; 2015 Maecenas Prize (Arbeitskreis selbständiger Kultur-Institute). Honorary senator Ludwig Maximilian University Munich.
Dr. Holger Pils, b. 1976
Studied History and German Language and Literature in Heidelberg; since 2014 Managing Director of the Lyrik Kabinett Foundation.
Lutz Wiegand, b. 1945
Auditor
Board of Trustees
Dr. Klaus Ceynowa
General Director of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Christian Döring
Publisher and critic
Eva von Freeden
Former press relations officer, C.H. Beck Verlag
Dr. Florian Höllerer
Director of the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin (LCB)
Dr. h.c. Michael Krüger (chairman)
Author, former director Carl Hanser-Verlag; President of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste
Dr. Johannes Saltzwedel
Editor, Spiegel magazine
Dr. Joachim Sartorius
Artistic director of the Berliner Festspiele (till 2011), poet and translator
Toni Schmid
Assistant Secretary, Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Bildung und Kultus, Wissenschaft und Kunst