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Günter Herburger
German writer (1932-2018) · Germany · On the map · Writers · Died at 86
Günter Herburger was a German writer. He was initially counted among the "New Realists" funded by Dieter Wellershoff, became the author of socialist, imaginative utopian worlds since the 1970s and took an outsider position in German-language contemporary literature.
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2018Died3 May 20182011Johann-Friedrich-von-Cotta-Literatur- und Übersetzerpreis der Landeshauptstadt StuttgartAwardLübecker LiteraturtreffenAward2008Preis der SWR-BestenlisteAward1997Literary Prize of the State Capital of MunichAward1992Hans-Erich-Nossack-PreisAward1991Peter-Huchel-PreisAwardToucan PrizeAward1979Gerrit-Engelke-PreisAward1973Literaturpreis der Stadt BremenAward1967Grimme-PreisAward1932Born6 April 1932
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He was a writer of poems, short stories, children's books, radio plays and a member of the PEN Center Germany.
Country
Germany
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1932 to 2018 · aged 86
