Dr Martin Kratz

Project Manager at Manchester Poetry Library

My profile

Biography

Academic and professional qualifications

PhD in English and Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2013-2016

MA Creative Writing (Poetry), Manchester Metropolitan University, 2010-2012

PGCE, Primary with German, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2006 - 2007

BA Hons (1st) English Literature with German, University of Sussex, 1999-2003

Languages

English (Fluent)

German (Fluent)

Government and industry links

The Rosamund Prize 2011 (with Leo Geyer)

Janet Beer Prize for Outstanding Contribution to the Life of the Manchester Writing School 2013

Philip Bates Prize for Composers and Songwriters 2013 (with Leo Geyer)

Other distinctions

Shortlisted for BBC Next Generation Thinkers 2013

Highly Commended, Forward Prize 2015

Get in touch

0161 247 6121
5.03 Grosvenor East Building

Projects

2016 AHRC Cultural Engagement Project: Anthony Burgess, John Keats and Romantic Poetry

2016 Design and implementation of Creative Writing Resource for ‘Whisper to a Shout’, Manchester School of Art

2015-16 Judge and project coordinator of Poetry Together Competition, Manchester Children’s Book Festival

2014 Poetry inquisition with Jeffrey Wainwright

2014 The Manchester Writing School presents: Helen Mort and Martin Kratz

2012 KS3 Creative Writing Workshop Leader at Manchester Art Gallery with Manchester Metropolitan University

2012 KS3/ KS4 Bilingual Creative Writing Workshop Leader, Mother Tongue Other Tongue Competition, Manchester Metropolitan University

2011 Writer in Residence, Brrr Project, Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School