Gerhard Zwerenz

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Gerhard Zwerenz
Born3 June 1925
Died13 July 2015
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Writer and politician

Gerhard Zwerenz (3 June 1925 in Gablenz, Saxony – 13 July 2015) was a German writer and politician. From 1994 until 1998 he was a member of the Bundestag for the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).

Life

Gerhard Zwerenz was born in Gablenz, a district of Crimmitschau. After an apprenticeship to a coppersmith he enlisted in the Wehrmacht in 1942 and participated in World War II. In 1944 he deserted and became a prisoner of war.

In 1948 he came back to Germany, where he worked as a policeman until 1951. From 1949 until 1957 he was member of the

West-Berlin. Later he and his wife, writer Ingrid Zwerenz, lived in Munich, Cologne, Offenbach am Main and Oberreifenberg/Taunus.[1]

From 1994 until 1998 Zwerenz was a member of the German Bundestag for the PDS.

Zwerenz died on 13 July 2015, aged 90.[2]

Selected works

Awards

  • 1974: Ernst-Reuter-Preis
  • 1986: Carl-von-Ossietzky-Preis für Zeitgeschichte und Politik der Stadt Oldenburg
  • 1991: Alternativer Georg-Büchner-Preis

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