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German writer (1934–1984)

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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1934
Active to
1984
27 clubacoustic bluesamericanbluescountry bluesdelta blues

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
17
Total plays
417

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data

    · 2016 · cited 31,691x

  2. QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials

    · 2009 · cited 22,570x

  3. Geant4—a simulation toolkit

    · 2003 · cited 20,933x

  4. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,518x

  5. Optical Constants of the Noble Metals

    · 1972 · cited 18,058x

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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

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Uwe Johnson
date of birth
1934-07-20
date of death
1984-02-23
name in native language
Uwe Johnson
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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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