Siegfried Lenz Born: 17-Mar-1926 Birthplace: Lyck, East Prussia Died: 7-Oct-2014 Location of death: Hamburg, Germany Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Novelist Nationality: Germany Executive summary: Deutschstunde Military service: German Navy (1943-45) German novelist Siegfried Lenz was born in a small town in East Prussia, now part of Poland, and served in the German Navy during World War II, but deserted in Denmark and turned himself in to British authorities. He is best known for Deutschstunde, a fictional examination of one's "duty" under the Third Reich. Wife: Liselotte Lenz (b. 1919, m. 1949, d. 2006)
University: University of Hamburg (attended)
Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels 1988 Taken Prisoner of War 1945
Author of books:
Es Waren Habichte in der Luft (Hawks Were in the Air) (1951) So Zärtlich War Suleyken (So Tender Was Suleyken) (1955, short stories) Das Feuerschiff (The Lightship) (1960, short stories) Deutschstunde (The German Lesson) (1968) Das Vorbild (An Exemplary Life) (1976) Heimatmuseum (The Heritage) (1978) Exerzierplatz (Training Ground) (1985) Die Klangprobe (The Odd Sound) (1990) Die Auflehnung (The Rebellion) (1994) Selected Stories of Siegfried Lenz (1995, short stories)
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