Hermann Burger was a writer and, which is essential for his poetic self-understanding, a literary scholar and cultural journalist. He wrote reflections on the complete works of Ingeborg Bachmann, images of Peter Weiss, novels by Franz Kafka and Robert Walser, stories by Peter Bichsel, as well as the early works of Hermann Hesse. He authored reports on ice hockey, bobsledding, and literary role models. Even in his essayistic and journalistic works, the author from Switzerland demonstrates himself to be a great observer and a storyteller with depth.