Thomas Kling
In December 1994, Thomas Kling (5 June 1957–1 April 2005) was one of the first artists to relocate to Raketenstation Hombroich, moving there from Cologne with his wife, Ute Langanky. Here, they set up a home and studio in the former NATO command post, which is now known as the Turmgebäude (Tower Building). From here, the poet, essayist and translator initiated the series Hombroich : Literatur until shortly before his death, inviting many German and international guests to the Raketenstation. In 2000, he also founded the Hombroich : Fellowship Literatur programme. Between 1996 and 2005, he was a member of the foundation’s Board of Trustees and was on the advisory board of the Insel Hombroich support association. Thomas Kling studied German Language & Literature, History and Art History at the universities of Düsseldorf, Cologne and Vienna, where he performed his first public reading in 1983. Since then, he has established himself as one of the leading voices of his generation with his high-energy readings, ‘language installations’, numerous awards and almost 20 books to his name. In 2020, a four-volume set of his complete works was published by Suhrkamp Verlag, while his literary estate is found in the Stiftung Insel Hombroich foundation’s Thomas Kling Archive.
The Heinrich Heine Institute in Düsseldorf also provides digital access to the archive: d:cult online