Brigitte Kronauer
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Brigitte Kronauer was a German writer, novelist, and teacher born in Essen in 1940. She worked at the University of Tübingen and resided in Hamburg, where she also died in 2019. Her literary output included essays and novels, with notable works such as *Die Feder des Hyazintharas*, *Dichtung für alle*, and *Der Scheik von Aachen*. She wrote in German and was a member of the German Academy for Language and Literature.
Kronauer received several awards, including the Georg Büchner Prize, the Heinrich-Böll-Preis, the Vilenica Prize, and the Joseph-Breitbach-Preis. She was also nominated for the German Book Prize. Her archives are held at the German Literature Archive Marbach.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1940
- Works
- 48
Top works
- Die Feder des Hyazintharas
- Literarisches Portrait Brigitte Kronauer
- Dichtung für alle
- "Die Augen sanft und wilde"
- Der Scheik von Aachen
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 18
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Brigitte
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Essen
- Place of death
- Hamburg
- Occupation
- novelist
- Employer
- University of Tübingen
- Languages spoken
- German
- Award
- Thomas Mann Prize
- Genre
- essay
- Image
- Brigitte Kronauer (2005) cropped.jpg
- Work location
- Hamburg
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- Commons category
- Brigitte Kronauer
- date of birth
- 1940-12-29
- nominated for
- German Book Prize
- date of death
- 2019-07-22
- name in native language
- Brigitte Kronauer
- birth name
- Brigitte Kronauer
- archives at
- German Literature Archive Marbach
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