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Erich Fried was an Austrian writer, translator, poet, and essayist who was born in Vienna on 6 May 1921. He held citizenship in the United Kingdom, Austria, and Germany, and wrote in German. Fried was a member of the German Academy for Language and Literature and was married to Catherine Boswell Fried. His literary output included works such as *Gedichte, die glücklich machen*, *Klarheit oder Gewöhnung*, *Ein verdienter Staatsmann*, *Der Doktor und die Teufel*, and *Welt im Kopf*.
Throughout his career, Fried received several honors, including the Georg Büchner Prize, the Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen, the Carl von Ossietzky Medal, and the City of Vienna Literature Prize. His archives are held at the Austrian National Library. He died in Baden-Baden on 22 November 1988 and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 6 May 1921
- Died
- 22 November 1988
- Works
- 105
Top works
- Lust: Gedichte
- Liebe: Gedichte
- Antonius und Kleopatra ; Perikles, Fürst von Tyrus
- Oesterreich
- Gedichte, die glücklich machen
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Film & TV
Acting · Vienna, Austria
Erich Fried was an Austrian poet, translator and essayist who lived in exile in London from 1938. Fried is one of the main representatives of political poetry in the German language in post-war Germany.
Known for
- Friendly Fire — Self (archive footage)2026
- Exiles — Self1988
- 5 nach 10 — Self1981
- 3 nach 9 — Self1974
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Austria
- Active from
- 1921
- Active to
- 1988
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 252
- Total plays
- 4,289
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Frailty in Older Adults: Evidence for a Phenotype
· 2001 · cited 20,827x
- Empagliflozin, Cardiovascular Outcomes, and Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes
· 2015 · cited 10,550x
- Density-Functional Theory for Time-Dependent Systems
· 1984 · cited 8,216x
- The TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA): Quasi-Global, Multiyear, Combined-Sensor Precipitation Estimates at Fine Scales
· 2007 · cited 5,982x
- Thrombolysis with Alteplase 3 to 4.5 Hours after Acute Ischemic Stroke
· 2008 · cited 5,856x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Erich
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Baden-Baden
- Spouse
- Catherine Boswell Fried
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- atheism
- Genre
- essay
- Image
- Erich Fried.jpg
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- Commons category
- Erich Fried
- date of birth
- 1921-05-06
- date of death
- 1988-11-22
- place of burial
- Kensal Green Cemetery
- archives at
- Austrian National Library
- name in native language
- Erich Fried
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Encyclopedic overview
Fried in 1981
Erich Fried (6 May 1921 – 22 November 1988) was an Austrian-born poet, writer, and translator. He initially became known to a broader public in both Germany and Austria for his political poetry, and later for his love poems. As a writer, he mostly wrote plays and short novels. He also translated works by different English writers from English into German, most notably works by William Shakespeare.
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