Dr Martin Kratz

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

Previous employment

After my PhD, I completed a Cultural Engagement Fellowship at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. I then worked on Manchester's successful bid to become a UNESCO City of Literature.

Languages

English (Fluent)

German (Fluent)

Publications

• Journal articles

Conference organisation

I was on the planning group for the first Annual Research Symposium in the Institute of Humanities and Social Science Research (2012). It is now in its fifth year.

I was a stream organiser (Jean-Luc Nancy in Fragments) for the London Conference in Critical Thought at Royal Holloway University of London (2013), which involved managing a conference stream, issuing a call for paper, evaluating abstracts, creating three separate panels and chairing duties.

Grants

AHRC Cultural Engagement Fund, 3-month postdoctoral fellowship, 2016, £12,038

AHRC Postgraduate Studentship, 2012, £52,494

Projects and initiatives

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

Exhibitions

Rome in the Rain, International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 2016

Media appearances or involvement

Radio

Podcast Poet, The Verb, BBC Radio 3, 2016

'Can a Computer Write Shakespeare?', BBC Radio 4, 2014

Podcasts

'Belli's Bible for Blasphemers', International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 2016

Anthony Burgess and John Keats: An Interview with Dr. David Miller, International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 2016

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Prizes and awards

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