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Uwe Johnson was a German translator, writer and novelist, born on 20 July 1934 in Kamień Pomorski. He was educated at Leipzig University and the University of Rostock, and was a member of the German Academy for Language and Literature. He wrote in German, with works including Jahrestage, Aus aufgegebenen Werken, Me-ti and Drei Prosastücke. He received the Georg Büchner Prize, the Heinrich-Böll-Preis and the Prix Formentor. He died of a myocardial infarction, from natural causes, on 24 February 1984 in Sheerness.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1934
- Died
- 1984
- Works
- 80
Top works
- Jahrestage
- Jahrestage: Aus dem Leben von Gesine Cresspahl.
- Aus aufgegebenen Werken
- Me-ti
- Drei Prosastücke
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1934-07-20 ) 20 July 1934, Cammin , Province of Pomerania , Free State of Prussia , German Reich
- Died
- 22 February 1984 (1984-02-22) (aged 49), Sheerness , Kent, England, United Kingdom
- Occupation
- Novelist, short story writer, translator
- Language
- German
- Period
- 1953–1984
- Literary movement
- Group 47
- Notable works
- Speculations About Jakob (1959), Anniversaries (1970–1983)
- Notable awards
- Georg Büchner Prize , 1971 , Wilhelm Raabe Prize , 1975
- Spouse
- Elisabeth Schmidt
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Uwe
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Kamień Pomorski
- Place of death
- Sheerness
- Occupation
- novelist
- Educated at
- University of Rostock
- Languages spoken
- German
- Official website
- www.literaturhaus-uwe-johnson.de
- Image
- Uwe Johnson 1963.jpg
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- Uwe Johnson
- date of birth
- 1934-07-20
- date of death
- 1984-02-23
- name in native language
- Uwe Johnson
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- P8168
- Irugur
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Encyclopedic overview
Uwe Johnson ( German pronunciation: [ˈuːvə ˈjoːnzɔn] ; 20 July 1934 – 22 February 1984) was a German writer, editor, and scholar. Such prominent writers and scholars as Günter Grass and Hans Mayer declared Johnson to be the most significant writer to emerge from East Germany. He was also called as "Dichter der deutschen Teilung" (lit. 'poet of the German Division').
During the 1950s, he had troubles with the East German authorities, being treated as a "dissident" both for political reasons and for Modernist experiments in his works which made him opposed to the dominant doctrine of Socialist realism; after moving to West Berlin in 1959, he gained the label of "the author of the two Germanies", as, while criticizing East Germany as the state which betrayed the Socialist ideals, he did not regard West Germany as a viable alternative and opposed the division of Germany in general.
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