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Hans Sahl

ハンス・ザール

Hansu Sāru

Aliases: Hans Salomon

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1902-05-20 (Dresden)
Died
1993-04-27 (Tübingen) age 90
Nationality
German, American
Languages
German, English
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Dresden, Germany → Czechoslovakia → Switzerland → France → New York, USA → Germany (returned 1989)

Career

Occupations
poet, critic, novelist, translator
Active Years
1920-1993
Memberships
Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung

Awards

Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
1962
Organization: Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
Result: Member
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1982
Organization: Federal Republic of Germany
Result: 受賞
Andreas Gryphius Prize
1984
Result: 受賞
Goethe Medal
1991
Result: 受賞
Carl Zuckmayer Medal
1993
Result: 受賞
Lessing Prize of the Free State of Saxony
1993
Organization: Free State of Saxony
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Translations by Author

  • Translated works of Arthur Miller, Thornton Wilder, and Tennessee Williams into German

Legacy

Anti-fascist exile writer who began his career during the Weimar Republic. Fled Nazi Germany, lived in New York, and worked as a translator. Returned to Germany in 1989.

Trivia

  • From an affluent Jewish family.
  • Interned in France with Walter Benjamin during exile.
  • Worked with Varian Fry in Marseille to help other exiles.
  • Became a US citizen in 1952.