Georg Büchner Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 34 (1959) Winner
Günter Eich
ギュンター・アイヒ
Günter Eich
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1907-02-01 （Lebus, German Empire）
- Died
- 1972-12-20 （Salzburg, Austria） age 65
- Nationality
- German
- Languages
- German
Career
- Occupations
- poet, radio playwright, writer
- Active Years
- 1929-1972
- Affiliations
- Gruppe 47
- Memberships
- Gruppe 47
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leipzig (education) | — | — | — | — | Germany |
| Berlin (education) | — | — | — | — | Germany |
| Paris (education) | — | — | — | — | France |
Leipzig (education)
Country:
Germany
Received education in Leipzig; details unknown
Berlin (education)
Country:
Germany
Studied in Berlin; specifics unknown
Paris (education)
Country:
France
Also educated in Paris; details unknown
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Gruppe 47 Literature Prize (young writers) | Poems from the then-unpublished 'Abgelegene Gehöfte' | — | Gruppe 47 | 受賞 |
| 1953 | Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden | Die Andere und ich (radio play) | — | Bund der Kriegsblinden Deutschlands e.V. | 受賞 |
| 1959 | Georg Büchner Prize | — | — | Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung | 受賞 |
| 1968 | Schiller Memorial Prize | — | — | unknown | 受賞 |
Gruppe 47 Literature Prize (young writers)
1950
Work:
Poems from the then-unpublished 'Abgelegene Gehöfte'
Organization:
Gruppe 47
Result:
受賞
Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden
1953
Work:
Die Andere und ich (radio play)
Organization:
Bund der Kriegsblinden Deutschlands e.V.
Result:
受賞
Georg Büchner Prize
1959
Organization:
Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
Result:
受賞
Schiller Memorial Prize
1968
Organization:
unknown
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Schiller Memorial Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1968) Winner
Works
Major Works
Abgelegene Gehöfte
1950 poetry collectionA collection of poems focusing on rural settings and personal recollection; includes introspective postwar pieces.
introspectionnostalgiawar and guilt
Die Andere und ich
1953 radio playAn experimental radio play about the relation between self and other; won a radio-play prize in 1953.
selfotherquestions of existence
Bibliography
- Collected poems and radio plays (selected)
- Collections including 'Träume' (short pieces and radio plays)
Translations of Works
- Valuable Nail: Selected Poems
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, economy of languageintrospective with religious undertones
- Recurring Motifs
- guilt and atonementrural/remote landscapesindividual conscience
Legacy
An important postwar German poet and contributor to the development of radio drama. His broadcasting activity during the Nazi era remains controversial, but he left a lasting influence through statements on art and conscience after the war.
Academic Societies
- Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (awarding body)
In Popular Culture
- American poet James Dickey used an epigraph from Eich in his 1965 poem 'The Firebombing.'
Quotes
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Think of this: that after the great destructions every man will attest that he was innocent.
Source: Epigraph used by James Dickey (1965), originally from Günter Eich (1950)
Trivia
- Applied to join the Nazi Party in 1933 but was not accepted.
- Was one of the founders of Gruppe 47 in 1947.
- Married writer Ilse Aichinger in 1953; son Clemens born 1954, daughter Mirjam born 1958.