Siegfried Lenz

Siegfried Lenz
Siegfried Lenz
	Lenz in 1969
Born	17 March 1926; Lyck, Germany; now Ełk, Poland
Died	7 October 2014 (aged 88); Hamburg, Germany
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Hamburg
Period	1956–2014
Notable works	The German Lesson
Notable awards	Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (1988); Goethe Prize (2000); Honorary citizen of Schleswig-Holstein (2004);
Website
	www.siegfried-lenz.de

Siegfried Lenz (German: [ˈziːkfʁiːt ˈlɛnts] ^ⓘ; 17 March 1926 – 7 October 2014) was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth. He won the 2010 International Nonino Prize in Italy.

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