Diedrich Diederichsen (1957) is a German author, music journalist and cultural critic. He is an intellectual writer at the crossroads of the arts, politics, and pop culture.

Diedrich Diederichsen is a prolific writer whose articles and texts are printed in a variety of periodicals and publications. Newspapers and magazines with contributions by Diedrich Diederichsen include Texte zur Kunst, Die Zeit, die tageszeitung, Der Tagesspiegel, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Theater heute, Artscribe, Artforum, and Frieze.

Diedrich Diederichsen’s writing is influenced by Post-structuralism, Marxism, Cultural studies, New Journalism, Beat literature, Psychoanalysis, and Situationism. A main topic of his writing is the tension between subjectivity, identity politics, and culture industry in Post-Fordist society. In his writings he frequently refers to personal experiences and the links between zeitgeist, biography, and history.

Selected works
Sexbeat (1985), republished 2002
1500 Schallplatten. 1979–1989 (1989), republished as 2000 Schallplatten. 1979–1999 (2000)
Freiheit macht arm. Das Leben nach Rock’n’Roll (1993)
Politische Korrekturen (1996)
Der lange Weg nach Mitte. Der Sound und die Stadt (1999)
Musikzimmer. Avantgarde und Alltag (2005)
Eigenblutdoping. Selbstverwertung, Künstlerromantik, Partizipation (2008)
Kritik des Auges. Texte zur Kunst (2008)
On (Surplus) Value in Art. Mehrwert und Kunst. Meerwarde En Kunst (2008)
The Sopranos (2012)
Über Pop-Musik (2014)
Aesthetics of Pop Music (2023)