Georg Büchner Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 63 (1988) Winner
Albert Drach
アルベルト・ドラッハ
Aruberuto Dorahha
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1902-12-17 （Vienna）
- Died
- 1995-03-27 （Mödling） age 92
- Nationality
- Austrian
- Languages
- German
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Vienna → Mödling, Austria
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Lawyer
- Active Years
- 1920-1995
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Georg Büchner Prize | — | — | Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung | 受賞 |
Georg Büchner Prize
1988
Organization:
Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Poetic, sober observational proseTone often contains irony and restrained indignation
- Recurring Motifs
- The madness of the twentieth century and human contradictionsLaw and justice, memory and testimony
Legacy
An Austrian-Jewish writer and lawyer recognized for his poetic testimony about twentieth-century events. Awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1988, he is regarded as an important contemporary witness in modern literature.
Quotes
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“a courageous and sensitive contemporary witness who expresses the madness of our century without resentment in poetic poignancy.”
Source: Georg Büchner Prize citation by the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (1988) (1988)
Trivia
- He worked as a lawyer while also writing literature.
- His background as an Austrian Jew influenced themes in his work.