Günter Kunert

German writer (1929-2019) · Germany · On the map · Writers · Died at 90

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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2019Died21 September 20192012Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAwardMore about this2011Prize of the Frankfurt AnthologyAward2009America Award in LiteratureAward1991Ernst Robert Curtius AwardAwardFriedrich-Hölderlin-PreisAward1990Mainz resident writerAward1985Heinrich Heine PrizeAward1983Stadtschreiber von BergenAward1979Georg Mackensen Literary PrizeAward1962Heinrich Mann PrizeAward1929Born6 March 1929

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Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2012

Prize of the Frankfurt Anthology2011

America Award in Literature2009

Ernst Robert Curtius Award1991

Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis1991

Mainz resident writer1990

Heinrich Heine Prize1985

Stadtschreiber von Bergen1983

Georg Mackensen Literary Prize1979

Heinrich Mann Prize1962

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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