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Siegfried Lenz

German author (1926-2014) · Germany · On the map · Writers · Died at 88

Siegfried Lenz was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth. He won the 2010 International Nonino Prize in Italy.

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2014Died7 October 20142010International Nonino PrizeAward2007Honorary Lock keeperAward2006Golden FeatherAward2001Weilheim Literature PrizeAward1999Goethe Prize of the City of FrankfurtAward1998Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prizeAward1995Jean-Paul-PreisAward1987Wilhelm Raabe PrizeAward1985Manès-Sperber-PreisAward1979Andreas Gryphius PrizeAward1970Gerhart Hauptmann prizeAwardLessing RingAward1962Georg Mackensen Literary PrizeAwardLiteraturpreis der Stadt BremenAward1926Born17 March 1926

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Awards

International Nonino Prize2010
Honorary Lock keeper2007
Golden Feather2006
Honorary Citizen of Schleswig-Holstein2004
Weilheim Literature Prize2001
Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt1999
Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize1998
Jean-Paul-Preis1995
Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association1988
Wilhelm Raabe Prize1987
Manès-Sperber-Preis1985
Andreas Gryphius Prize1979
Gerhart Hauptmann prize1970
Kulturpreis der deutschen Freimaurer1970
Lessing Ring1970
Georg Mackensen Literary Prize1962
Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen1962
Lev Kopelev Prize

About this person

Country
Germany
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2014 · aged 88

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