Manfred Metzner, lives in Heidelberg as publisher of Das Wunderhorn. 2000 - 2010 Chairman of the Kurt Wolff Foundation  for the Promotion of a Diverse Publishing and Literature Scene (Leipzig). 2006 - 2014 Lecturer in cultural mediation and publishing at the universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim. Editor of the work of the French surrealist Philippe Soupault. Editor and estate manager of the work of Bauhaus student Ré Soupault. 2008 Appointed Officier dans l'ordre national du mérite by the French President. 2012 Kurt Wolff Prize. 1994-2016 Director of the Heidelberg Literature Festival. 2010 - 2017 Spokesperson for the Rhine-Neckar cultural region. German Publishing Prize 2019, 2020, 2022, top prize 2023.