Siegfried Lenz (1926–2014)
Author of The German Lesson
About the Author
Siegfried Lenz was born in Lyck, East Prussia on March 17, 1926. He was drafted into Nazi Germany's navy toward the end of World War II and deserted in its final days. After the war, he studied philosophy, English and literature at Hamburg University, but he left to work at the German newspaper Die show more Welt. He was a reporter and newspaper editor in the 1950s and ran election campaigns in the 1960s and 1970s. Starting in 1951, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories and children's books. His works include The Heritage, The German Lesson, and The Selected Stories of Siegfried Lenz, which won a Thomas Mann Prize. In 1988, he won the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. He died on October 7, 2014 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Siegfried Lenz
Das Feuerschiff. Mit Materialien 4 copies
Fyrskeppet och andra berättelser 3 copies
Siegfried Lenz - Seine erfolgreichsten Bücher: Deutschstunde, So zärtlich war Suleyken, Schweigeminute (2014) 2 copies
jäger des spotts und andere erzahlungen — Author — 2 copies
השיעור בגרמנית 1 copy
A példakép 1 copy
Stillheten 1 copy
מוזיאון המולדת 1 copy
Book 9788723529558 1 copy
המופת 1 copy
Hamburger Lesehefte : Werner Bergengruen : Begegnung mit Tieren — Text — 1 copy
Þorpið yndislega 1 copy
Marvellas ganze Freude 1 copy
Die Erzählungen. 1959-1964 1 copy
Vadbišče 1 copy
Drei Stücke 1 copy
Ein Freund der Regierung 1 copy
På scenen 1 copy
Fyrskibet, En ung læges dagbog, James Bond i hemmelig tjeneste, Judastræet, En fremmed kom til øen 1 copy
Meisstererzählungen 1 copy
Associated Works
Geschichten Geschichten Geschichten . Zum Vorlesen und zum Selberlesen. Bilder von Ingrid Schneider (1988) — Contributor — 11 copies
Deutsche Kurzgeschichten : eine Auswahl für mittlere Klassen (1972) — Author, some editions — 5 copies
Moderne Erzähler 13 — Author — 2 copies
Moderne Erzähler 9 — Author — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Lenz, Siegfried
- Birthdate
- 1926-03-17
- Date of death
- 2014-10-07
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Lyck, East Prussia, Germany (now Elk, Poland)
- Place of death
- Hamburg, Germany
- Places of residence
- Hamburg, Germany
- Education
- University of Hamburg
- Occupations
- novelist
essayist
playwright - Organizations
- Gruppe 47
Social Democratic Party of Germany
German Navy - Awards and honors
- Bremer Literatur Preis (1962)
Friedenspreis (1988)
Thomas-Mann-Preis (1984)
Goethe Prize (1999)
International Nonino Prize (2010) - Disambiguation notice
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