Peter Hamm

Peter Hamm
Hamm in 2017
Born	(1937-02-27)27 February 1937 Munich, Germany
Died	22 July 2019(2019-07-22) (aged 82) Tutzing, Germany
Occupations	Poet author editor literary critic
Organizations	Der Spiegel Die Zeit Bayerischer Rundfunk Schweizer Fernsehen
Partner(s)	Marianne Koch (c. 1970s; d. 2019)
Awards	Grimme-Preis

Peter Hamm (27 February 1937 – 22 July 2019)^[1] was a German poet, author, journalist, editor, and literary critic. He wrote several documentaries, including ones about Ingeborg Bachmann and Peter Handke. He wrote for the German weekly newspapers Der Spiegel and Die Zeit, among others. From 1964 to 2002, Hamm worked as contributing editor for culture for the broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk. He was also a jury member of literary prizes, and critic for a regular literary club of the Swiss television company Schweizer Fernsehen.