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Karl Dedecius

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German translator (1921-2016)

GermanyWritersLived 1921 to 2016 · aged 94

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Dedecius in conversation with journalist Alina Perth-Grabowska, 1995

Awards 20

2010German National Prize

2000Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt

1998Wilhelm Leuschner Medal

1997Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize

1997Andreas Gryphius Prize

1991Johann Heinrich Merck Honour

1990Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association

1990Hessian Order of Merit

1990honorary doctor of the University of Łódź

1986Hessian Cultural Prize

1985Christoph Martin Wieland Translation Prize

1967Johann Heinrich Voß Prize for Translation

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

Order of the White Eagle

honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin

Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Commander with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow

honorary citizen of Łódź

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Connected to Karl 6

ITIgnacy TokarczukAlso won honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of LublinKDKazimierz DejmekAlso won honorary citizen of ŁódźAGAlfred GrosserAlso won Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' AssociationGWGabriele WohmannAlso won Hessian Cultural PrizeRKRobert S. KaplanAlso won honorary doctor of the University of ŁódźWKWitold KieżunAlso won honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow

About this person

Country

Germany

Category

Writers

Type

Writer / Author

Status

deceased

Dates

Lived 1921 to 2016 · aged 94

Wikipedia

14 languages

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