Bruno Apitz
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Bruno Apitz (28 April 1900 – 7 April 1979) was a German writer and a survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp.[1]
Life and career
Apitz was born in
After 1945, he worked for the East German state film company
Apitz's best selling novel Nackt unter Wölfen was first published in 1958 and then translated into over thirty languages, winning him worldwide recognition. The English translation, the only Apitz novel to have been translated into English, was by Edith Anderson and published by Seven Seas Books in 1967. The
Bruno Apitz's home town, Leipzig, named him a Citizen of Honour in 1976. He died on 17 April 1979 in Berlin.[citation needed]
Books
- Der Mensch im Nacken, 1924
- Nackt unter Wölfen, 1958; English translation, Naked among Wolves, 1967
- Esther, 1959
- Der Regenbogen, 1976
- Schwelbrand. Autobiografischer Roman, Berlin 1984
References
- ^ "Bruno Apitz". Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. Archived from the original on 2008-12-06.
- ^ "Biographies of Buchenwald inmates: Bruno Apitz". Buchenwald Memorial. Archived from the original on April 11, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
- ^ Nevin, Bill. The Genesis and Impact of Naked among Wolves. 2007. Note 30, p. 117.
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