Michael Lentz (born 1964) is a German author, musician, and performer of experimental texts and sound poetry.^[1]

Lentz was born in Düren.^[2] His father Hubert Lentz [de] (1927–2014) was city manager (Oberstadtdirektor) of Düren.^[3] Lentz completed his Abitur at the Stiftisches Gymnasium Düren [de] in 1983 and studied German studies, history and philosophy in Aachen and Munich.^[4] He completed his PhD in 1999; the thesis was titled Lautpoesie, -musik nach 1945.^[4] Lentz was student of Josef Anton Riedl and saxophonist in Riedl's Ensemble.^[1] He was the winner of the 2001 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for his book Muttersterben [de].^[5] In May 2006, he was appointed professor for literary writing at the German Literature Institute, University of Leipzig.^[6][4] The genres of his work are poems, plays, radio plays, short stories and novels.^[7]

Lentz lives in Munich.^[8]

• 2001 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for Muttersterben^[4]
• 2005 Preis der Literaturhäuser^[4]
• 2012 Walter-Hasenclever-Literaturpreis [de]^[4]

• Lentz, Michael (2002). Muttersterben : Prosa (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer. ISBN 3-10-044810-3. OCLC 49197516.
• —— (2003). Liebeserklärung : Roman (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer. ISBN 3-10-043923-6. OCLC 53098619.
• —— (2007). Pazifik Exil : Roman (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer. ISBN 978-3-10-043925-3. OCLC 166334124.
• —— (2018). Schattenfroh ein Requiem (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag GmbH. ISBN 978-3-10-043938-3. OCLC 1033644155.
• —— (2020). Innehaben : Schattenfroh und die Bilder (in German). Frankfurt. ISBN 978-3-10-390006-4. OCLC 1226678308.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)