About Albert Drach
Lived 1902 – 1995 (aged 92). Albert Drach was an Austrian writer, jurist, poet lawyer, lawyer, prose writer and playwright.
Albert Drach (17 December 1902 – 27 March 1995) was an Austrian-Jewish writer and lawyer. He was born in Vienna and died in Mödling. In 1988 he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize by the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung for being a "courageous and sensitive contemporary witness who expresses the madness of our century without resentment in poetic poignancy".
Awards Georg Büchner Prize 1988
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Who was Albert Drach?
Austrian writer (1902-1995)
When was Albert Drach born?
Albert Drach was born on 17 December 1902 in Vienna.
When did Albert Drach die?
Albert Drach died on 27 March 1995 in Mödling.
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Albert Drach was a writer, jurist, poet lawyer, lawyer, prose writer and playwright.
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Albert Drach was Austrian.
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