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Martin Kessel

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German writer (1901-1990)

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Martin Kessel was a German writer. In 1954, he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize by the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. He was born in Plauen and died in Berlin.

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Awards 4

1962Literature Award of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine Arts
1961Fontane-Preis
1954Georg Büchner Prize
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Martin Kessel was a German writer. In 1954, he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize by the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. He was born in Plauen and died in Berlin. The New York based literary website complete review has labeled Kessel as one of the almost forgotten authors who "has long bobbed near that surface separating recognition from oblivion, threatening several times to sink from sight".

Country
Germany
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1901 to 1990 · aged 89
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6 languages

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