Hans Werner Richter
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Hans Werner Richter | |
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Died | 23 March 1993 Munich, Germany | (aged 84)
Occupation | Novelist |
Hans Werner Richter (12 November 1908 – 23 March 1993) was a German writer.
Born the son of a fisherman in Neu Sallenthin on the island of Usedom, Richter worked first in a bookshop in Swinemünde (now Świnoujście in Poland) and later moved to Berlin.[1]
He fought in World War II and was taken prisoner in 1943. After the war, he established himself as a writer and co-editor of the periodical Der Ruf.[1]
Richter is little known for his own works but found worldwide celebrity and acknowledgment as the founder, moving spirit and "
German Federal Republic of the post-war period.[2]
Richter died in Munich, aged 84.
Works
- Deine Söhne Europa - Gedichte deutscher Kriegsgefangener (collected poems, 1947)
- Die Geschlagenen (novel, 1949)
- Sie fielen aus Gottes Hand (novel, 1951)
- Spuren im Sand (novel, 1953)
- Du sollst nicht töten (novel, 1955)
- Linus Fleck oder Der Verlust der Würde (1959)
- Bestandsaufnahme – Eine deutsche Bilanz (1962)
- Bismarck (1964)
- Karl Marx in Samarkand (1966)
- Blinder Alarm (story, 1970)
- Briefe an einen jungen Sozialisten (autobiography, 1974)
- Die Flucht nach Abanon (story, 1980)
- Die Stunde der falschen Triumphe (novel, 1981)
- Ein Julitag (novel, 1982)
- Hans Werner Richter und die Gruppe 47 (in German). Frankfurt/M.: Ullstein. 1981. OCLC 8924955. (How the Group 47 started)
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-815896-7, retrieved 2024-01-31
- ISBN 978-3-11-086391-8.