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Alfred Andersch

prosaist, short story writer, publisher, and radio editor (1914-1980)

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Instance of: human
Born: 4 February 1914
Died: 21 February 1980
Conflict: World War II
Place of birth: Munich
Place of death: Berzona
Sex or gender: male
Given name: Alfred, Hellmuth
Family name: Andersch
Spouse: Gisela Andersch
Child: Annette Korolnik
Occupation: prose writer, short story writer, editor, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, opinion journalist, poet, radio editor, translator, librettist, Q114347127
Citizenship: Germany, Switzerland
Religion: reformed
Awards: Nelly Sachs Prize, Literature Award of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine Arts
archives at: German Literature Archive Marbach
birth name: Alfred Hellmuth Andersch
cause of death: kidney failure
described by source: Q110069751
educated at: Wittelsbacher-Gymnasium München
languages spoken, written or signed: German
list of works: Q62977800
manner of death: natural causes
member of: Group 47, German Academy for Language and Literature, Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
member of political party: Communist Party of Germany
name in native language: Alfred Andersch
place of burial: Cemetery Berzona
place of detention: Dachau concentration camp
topic's main category: Category:Alfred Andersch

Connected on Wikidata

Author of

The Father of a Murderer
Flight to afar
The cherries of freedom
Winterspelt: A Novel About the Last Days of World War II
The Redhead
Efraim's book

Spouse of

Gisela Andersch

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