 Staud and Grünbein were booed at the premiere.Since the publication of his first collection of poems in 1988, Durs Grünbein has emerged as "Germany’s most prolific, versatile, successful and internationally renowned contemporary poet and essayist", a "poet of world significance" and one of "the key figures shaping the contemporary scene", alongside, for instance, Ulrike Draesner, Raul Schrott, and Marcel Beyer.Conceiving poetry as a means of memorial, historical, and aesthetic exploration, Grünbein arguably „draws not only on his biography, but on a deep sense of history and far-ranging erudition to produce sardonic poems and essays, bristling with unusual perceptions and inventive expressions".