Bernd Rauschenbach is a literary scholar, author and reciter. Since 1982 he has headed the Arno Schmidt Foundation and is co-editor of Arno Schmidt’s works. In 2000, he published the volume “Gedichte” (Poems) as part of the Rühmkorf-Werkausgabe. Since 2013, he has been performing the Rühmkorf program “Allein ist nicht genug” (“Alone is not enough”), which he put together, with two jazz musicians.