Hans Marchwitza
German writer, proletarian poet, and Communist (1890-1965) · Writers · Died at 74
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Something wrong?Hans Marchwitza was a German communist revolutionary, proletarian writer and poet. A miner by trade and a veteran of the First World War, he fought in the Ruhr Red Army during the Ruhr Uprising and the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. He was later a prominent cultural figure in East Germany.
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1965Died17 January 19651964National Prize of East GermanyAward1960Honorary Citizen of PotsdamAwardHonorary doctor of the Humboldt University of BerlinAwardOrder of Karl MarxAward1955National Prize of East GermanyAward1950National Prize of East GermanyAward1890Born25 June 1890
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Lived 1890 to 1965 · aged 74
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