Wolfdietrich Schnurre [SEP] place of death
Wolfdietrich Schnurre
Wolfdietrich Schnurre (22 August 1920 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany – 9 June 1989 in Kiel, West Germany) was a German writer.
Schnurre was an important literary figure of post-war West Germany. Apart from numerous short stories he also wrote novels, tales, diaries, poems, radio plays and (beginning in the 1960s) children's books which he partly illustrated himself.
Life and work.
Schnurre grew up in Frankfurt before his father, a librarian, moved to Berlin in
Heinrich-Böll-Preis
The Heinrich-Böll-Preis is a literary prize of Germany, awarded by the City of Cologne in memory of Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll.
Recipients.
- 1980 Hans Mayer
- 1981 Peter Weiss
- 1982 Wolfdietrich Schnurre
- 1983 Uwe Johnson
- 1984 Helmut Heißenbüttel
- 1985 Hans Magnus Enzensberger
- 1986 Elfriede Jelinek
- 1987 Ludwig Harig
- 1988 Dieter Wellershoff
- 1989 Brigitte Kronauer
- 1990 Günter de Bruyn
- 1991 Rainald Goetz