About Hans Werner Richter
Lived 1908 – 1993 (aged 84). Hans Werner Richter was a German writer, screenwriter, literary critic and bookseller.
Hans Werner Richter (12 November 1908 – 23 March 1993) was a German writer.
Born the son of a fisherman in Neu Sallenthin on the island of Usedom, Richter worked first in a bookshop in Swinemünde (now Świnoujście in Poland) and later moved to Berlin.
He fought in World War II and was taken prisoner in 1943. After the war, he established himself as a writer and co-editor of the periodical Der Ruf.
Richter died in Munich, aged 84.
Works Deine Söhne Europa - Gedichte deutscher Kriegsgefangener (collected poems, 1947) Die Geschlagenen (novel, 1949) Sie fielen aus Gottes Hand (novel, 1951) Spuren im Sand (novel, 1953) Du sollst nicht töten (novel, 1955) Linus Fleck oder Der Verlust der Würde (1959) Bestandsaufnahme – Eine deutsche Bilanz (1962) Bismarck (1964) Karl Marx in Samarkand (1966) Blinder Alarm (story, 1970) Briefe an einen jungen Sozialisten (autobiography, 1974) Die Flucht nach Abanon (story, 1980) Die Stunde der falschen Triumphe (novel, 1981) Ein Julitag (novel, 1982) (How the Group 47 started)
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