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Jurij Brězan
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Sorbian writer (1916-2006)
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Jurij Brězan was a German and East German journalist, translator, writer, and poet. He wrote in Upper Sorbian and German. His notable works include *Po dróze a při dróze*, *Die Abenteuer des Kater Mikosch*, *Zhromadźene spisy*, *Christa*, and *Der Mäuseturm*. He also used the pseudonym Dušan Šwik.
Born in Räckelwitz in 1916, Brězan died in Kamenz in 2006. He was buried in Crostwitz. He was a member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, and the Academy of Arts of the GDR. He was also a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.
Brězan received the Order of Karl Marx, the National Prize of East Germany, and the Ćišinski award. His archives are held at the German Literature Archive Marbach. He had one child.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 126
Top works
- Trix a woł Jonas
- Po dróze a při dróze
- Die Abenteuer des Kater Mikosch
- Zhromadźene spisy
- Christa
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Key facts
- Born
- 9 June 1916, Räckelwitz / Worklecy , Saxony, Germany
- Died
- 12 March 2006 (aged 89), Kamenz / Kamjenc , Saxony, Germany
- Occupation
- Bilingual Writer
- Political party
- SED
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Official website
Jurij Brězan – Sorbischer Schriftsteller
jurijbrezan.de →Link to the official site · 4,661 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jurij
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Democratic Republic
- Place of birth
- Räckelwitz
- Place of death
- Kamenz
- Occupation
- playwright
- Political party
- Socialist Unity Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- Upper Sorbian
- Official website
- www.jurijbrezan.de
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-E1114-0201-007, Berlin, 1. DSV-Jahreskonferenz, Jurij Brezan.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- Commons category
- Jurij Brězan
- date of birth
- 1916-06-09
- date of death
- 2006-03-12
- pseudonym
- Dušan Šwik
- member of
- Academy of Arts of the GDR
- writing language
- German
- name in native language
- Jurij Brězan
- archives at
- German Literature Archive Marbach
- P8168
- Desiree Bjerke
- place of burial
- Crostwitz
- web feed URL
- jurij-brezan.de/de/feed
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Encyclopedic overview
Jurij Brězan (9 June 1916 – 12 March 2006) was a Sorbian writer. His works, especially the novels, narrative works and children's books, were available in the two languages German and Upper Sorbian.
He lived, following its creation during and after 1945, in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jurij Brězan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.