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Günter Kunert

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German writer (1929-2019)

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Günter Kunert was a German writer. Based in East Berlin, he published poetry from 1947, supported by Bertolt Brecht. After he had signed a petition against the deprivation of the citizenship of Wolf Biermann in 1976, he lost his SED membership, and moved to the West two years later.

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2012Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2011Prize of the Frankfurt Anthology
2009America Award in Literature
1991Ernst Robert Curtius Award
1991Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis
1990Mainz resident writer
1985Heinrich Heine Prize
1983Stadtschreiber von Bergen
1979Georg Mackensen Literary Prize
1962Heinrich Mann Prize

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Günter Kunert was a German writer. Based in East Berlin, he published poetry from 1947, supported by Bertolt Brecht. After he had signed a petition against the deprivation of the citizenship of Wolf Biermann in 1976, he lost his SED membership, and moved to the West two years later. He is regarded as a versatile German writer who wrote short stories, essays, autobiographical works, film scripts and novels. He received international honorary doctorates and awards.

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Germany
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2019 · aged 90
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23 languages

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