About Kurt Benesch
Lived 1926 – 2008 (aged 81). Kurt Benesch was an Austrian writer, non-fiction writer, translator and young adult author.
Kurt Benesch (17 May 1926 20 January 2008) was an Austrian writer.
Life His father was a governmental counselor. He finished his primary and secondary educations in Vienna, where he had been born. Later, he made working services in Poland and the military service in Italy. After a British imprisonment, he studied at the University of Vienna, where he received a PhD in literature.
Prizes 1993 Ernst-und-Rosa-von-Dombrowski-Stiftungspreis
Works 1955: Die Flucht vor dem Engel. Roman 1956: Der Maßlose 1967: Nie zurück! 1985: Die Spur in der Wüste 1991: Der Jakobsweg nach Santiago de Compostela 1993: Die Suche nach Jägerstätter (novela biográfica)
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Who was Kurt Benesch?
Austrian writer (1926–2008)
When was Kurt Benesch born?
Kurt Benesch was born on 17 May 1926 in Vienna.
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Kurt Benesch died on 20 January 2008 in Vienna.
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Kurt Benesch was a writer, non-fiction writer, translator and young adult author.
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Kurt Benesch was Austrian.
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