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Siegfried Lenz
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Siegfried Lenz was a German writer, screenwriter, journalist, and children's writer. Born in Ełk in 1926, he held citizenship in the German Reich and Germany. He participated in World War II and was educated at the University of Hamburg. His professional career began in 1956, and he worked at the University of Düsseldorf. Lenz was a member of the Nazi Party, the German Academy for Language and Literature, and the Academy of Arts, Berlin. He wrote in German and worked in Hamburg, where he died in 2014.
His notable works include The German Lesson, Über den Schmerz, Fast ein Triumph, So zärtlich war Suleyken, and Mivḥan ha-tselil. Lenz received several awards, including the Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt, the Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, the Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize, and the Gerhart Hauptmann prize. His archives are held at the German Literature Archive Marbach.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1926
- Works
- 256
Top works
- Mivḥan ha-tselil
- Über den Schmerz
- Fast ein Triumph
- Deutschstunde
- So zärtlich war Suleyken
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- NDR Kultur – Das Journal — Self2002
- Beckmann — Self1999
- Ein Kriegsende — Narrator (voice)1984
- TV Intim — Self1969
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1926-03-17 ) 17 March 1926, Lyck, Germany (now Ełk , Poland )
- Died
- 7 October 2014 (2014-10-07) (aged 88), Hamburg , Germany
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Nationality
- German
- Alma mater
- University of Hamburg
- Period
- 1956–2014
- Notable works
- The German Lesson
- Notable awards
- Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (1988) Goethe Prize (2000) Honorary citizen of Schleswig-Holstein (2004)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Siegfried
- Family name
- Lenz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Reich
- Place of birth
- Ełk
- Place of death
- Hamburg
- Occupation
- playwright
- Educated at
- University of Hamburg
- Employer
- University of Düsseldorf
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- The German lesson
- Conflict
- World War II
- Official website
- www.siegfried-lenz.de
- Image
- Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F030757-0015, Siegfried Lenz.jpg
- Work location
- Hamburg
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- Commons category
- Siegfried Lenz
- date of birth
- 1926-03-17
- member of
- Academy of Arts, Berlin
- date of death
- 2014-10-07
- name in native language
- Siegfried Lenz
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- archives at
- German Literature Archive Marbach
- end of work period
- 2014-00-00
Sources (10)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
7 objects attributed to Siegfried Lenz, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Siegfried Lenz ( German: [ˈziːkfʁiːt ˈlɛnts] ; 17 March 1926 – 7 October 2014) was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth. He won the 2010 International Nonino Prize in Italy.
Life
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