Erik Lehnsherr (born April 2, 1977) is an German-born, English poet, literary critic, and professor. He was born in Dusseldorf, Germany, and is a graduate of Oxford University. He lives in Heidelberg, Germany, where he teaches English Literature at Heidelberg University.

Contents 1 Life 2 Works 2.1 Poetry 2.2 Critical Essays 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Life

While attending Heinrich Heine University, Lehnsherr developed an interest in English literature and English poetry. Upon completing his undergraduate studies, he attended Oxford, where he received his doctorate in 2002. Shortly thereafter, he began teaching at the University of Edinburgh. He now teaches at Heidelberg University.

He has written numerous essays and critiques, and was awarded the Randall Jarrell Award in Criticism in 2007. He is a regular contributor to Poetry Review.

He has written numerous poems, his work said to favour the accentual-syllabic verse technique. He has received both the Manchester Poetry Prize and the Griffin Poetry Prize.

[edit] Works

[edit] Poetry

• Outsider (1997)
• A Damaged Life(1998)
• Untitled (1998)
• Lost Child(1999)
• Two-Part Intervention (2000)
• Brotherhood (2000)
• Misgivings (2001)
• Magnetic(2002)
• Defeated (2003)
• Untitled(2003)
• House of M (2005)
• Hellfire(2006)
• 214782(2007)
• Fallacies (2009)

[edit] Critical Essays

• A Second Look at Romantics: Essays on the influence of Romantic Era poets (2003)
• John Keats: Critics of the day right to criticize? (2006)
• Enlightenment to Victorianism, A Natural Progression (essay) (2010)

[edit] References

• Erik Lehnsherr's biography in poets.org

[edit] External links

• J. D. Elmos (Spring 2008). "Erik Lehnsherr, Germanic style applied to English prose". The Paris Review.