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born 23 June 1906 in Greifswald died 15 March 1996 in Munich |
| © Hans-Joachim Dieme |
| since 1919 | starts a traineeship as bookseller: studies Theatre, Literature and Philosophy in Greifswald, Hamburg, Berlin and Würzburg |
| 1926 - 1927 | dramaturge and assistant director, State Theatre Würzburg |
| 1931 - 1933 | literary editor at the Berlin "Börsencourier" |
| 1934 | publishes his first novel "A Sad Affair"; goes into exile, Netherlands |
| 1938 - 1945 | returns to Berlin, where he writes film scripts for UFA; moves to Munich |
| 1951 - 1954 | publishes the post-war trilogy "Pigeons on the Grass", "The Hothouse", "Death in Rome" |
| 1962 | receives the Georg Büchner Award |
| since 1976 | member of the German PEN |
| 1986 | "Collected Works", 6 vols. edited by Marcel Reich-Ranicki |
| 1990 | Honorary Doctorate, University Greifswald |
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