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Volker Braun

German writer · Germany · On the map · Writers · Born 1939 · age 87

Volker Braun is a German writer. His works include Provokation für mich - a collection of poems written between 1959 and 1964 and published in 1965, a play, Die Kipper, and Das ungezwungene Leben Kasts (1972).

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2012Art Award of the City of DresdenAward2009Candide PreisAward2000Brüder-Grimm-PoetikprofessurAwardGeorg Büchner PrizeAward1992Schiller Memorial PrizeAward1989Berliner LiteraturpreisAward1986Literaturpreis der Stadt BremenAward1980Heinrich Mann PrizeAward1971Heinrich-Heine-Preis des Ministeriums für Kultur der DDRAward1939Born7 May 1939

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Art Award of the City of Dresden2012
Candide Preis2009
Georg Büchner Prize2000
Brüder-Grimm-Poetikprofessur2000
Schiller Memorial Prize1992
Berliner Literaturpreis1989
Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen1986
Heinrich Mann Prize1980
Heinrich-Heine-Preis des Ministeriums für Kultur der DDR1971
National Prize of East Germany
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

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Germany
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
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Born 1939 · age 87

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