Wolfgang Weyrauch

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Wolfgang Weyrauch
Born15 October 1904
Died7 November 1980
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist, and actor

Wolfgang Weyrauch (15 October 1904 – 7 November 1980) was a German writer, journalist, and actor. He wrote under the pseudonym name Joseph Scherer.

Life and work

Wolfgang Weyrauch was born

German history, German studies, and Romance studies at Goethe University Frankfurt
.

In 1929, he began working as a freelance writer, from 1929 to 1933, at the

radio plays, a newly emerged art form. During the 1930s, Weyrauch also worked as a literary editor, and published his first books. From 1940 to 1945, he worked in an air intelligence unit in World War II. In 1945, he was held in a Soviet prisoner of war
camp, and was released in the same year.

After 1945, Weyrauch wrote radio plays, and narratives, and published numerous anthologies (see list below). From December 1945 to 1948, Weyrauch was the editor of

Third Reich. From 1950 to 1958, he was a literary editor at the Hamburg publisher, Rowohlt Verlag. Beginning in 1959, he returned to freelance writing, first in Gauting, near Munich, and in Darmstadt
, after 1967.

Weyrauch was a member of the

Gruppe 47 conferences, and, in 1967, he became a member of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung in Darmstadt
, where he died.

Awards and honors

In 1997, the city of Darmstadt created the Wolfgang Weyrauch Prize to encourage young writers with an award, and stipend.[3] The stipend is in the amount of €8,000.[4] During his lifetime, Weyrauch himself was awarded several prizes.

Works

General
Translations
Edited and published

Sources

References

  1. ^ Darmstadt, Literaturland Hessen, HR2 Kultur, Hessischer Rundfunk (in German)
  2. ISBN 978-0-231-03717-4, p. 870
  3. ^ Vorwort Literarische März. Retrieved 9 February 2012 (in German)
  4. ^ "Preisverleihung" Literarische März. Retrieved 9 February 2012 (in German)

External links

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