One of the most important writers of the German post-war literature is dead: Siegfried Lenz died at the age of 88 years with the family
The writer Siegfried Lenz in 2011 |. © Fabian Bimmer / dpa
The writer Siegfried Lenz is dead That gave Hoffman und Campe Verlag be known.
Lenz ‘most important work is translated into many languages and filmed novel German hour (1968) over the period of National Socialism and a misunderstood concept of duty. The East Prussian was above all as a master of narrative. This are humorous books such as So tender was Suleyken (1955) or Lehmann’s stories (1964). Two years ago (2011) he published his last collection of short stories The mask .
In addition to the Nobel laureates Heinrich Böll and Günter Grass Lenz was one of those authors who and the processing of the Nazi past, the reconciliation with Poland and Israel in particular understood as a life task. At a ceremony on his 85th birthday on March 17, 2011 in Hamburg praised the then Federal President Christian Wulff, how much Lenz had contributed to the recovered reputation of Germany after the war.
The Stock Exchange Association paid tribute to Lenz in 1988 with the Peace Prize the German Book Trade. Even in old age Lenz succeeded with his first love novella Moment of Silence a best-seller.
German hour (1968) is regarded as Lenz’s key work for the Investigation of Nazi time and historical guilt. It’s about a father-son conflict – representative of the war generation and the rebellious next generation -., And the fatal consequences of an uncritical sense of duty in the Nazi era
In the also filmed novel Local History Museum (1978) Lenz can resurrect the lost East Prussian homeland literary and so gives at least a portion of the displaced inner peace. The main character, the Masurian carpet weaver Zygmunt Rogalla, burns he once rescued local museum to save it before ideological abuse.
Politically, the author committed to reconciliation with Poland. In 1970 he accompanied with Grass former Chancellor Willy Brandt (SPD) to sign the Warsaw Pact. Moreover, Lenz warned of solidarity with Israel, when the then Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein the Jewish state with missiles threatened.
particular success was the gifted narrator with his fun short stories. Unforgettable is his legendary short stories So tender was Suleyken with Stories from East Prussia. Public successes were also Lehmann’s stories , the amusing written experiences of a black dealer after the Second World War – Lenz had his studies in Hamburg largely self-financed, with black market
His works are, according to the Hoffmann. und Campe Verlag (Hamburg), the Lenz since the beginning of his literary work, his life remained loyal, translated into at least 35 languages. The World Edition should be over 30 million. Millions of viewers found the television films The Man in the current The Lightship and The rebellion , each with Jan Feddersen in the lead role. The wide body of work includes novels Lenz, short stories, plays, radio plays and essays – such as the self-image of the writer as a “one-man party”.
Siegfried Lenz died at the age of 88 years with the family.
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