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Peter Hacks

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Pētā Hakkusu

Pen Names: Saul O’Hara（Pseudonym used with his wife for boulevard comedies）

Profile

Gender: Male
Born: 1928-03-21 （Breslau (Wrocław)）
Died: 2003-08-28 （Groß Machnow） age 75
Nationality: German
Languages: German
Religion: Unknown
Residence History: Munich (from 1947) → East Berlin (from 1955) → Groß Machnow

Career

Occupations: playwright, author, essayist
Active Years: 1947-2003
Affiliations: Deutsches Theater (Berlin)
Influenced By: Bertolt Brecht, Thomas Mann

Education

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich	—	—	—	—	Germany

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Country: Germany

Alumnus

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
1992	Alex Wedding Prize	—	—	Akademie der Künste	受賞
1998	Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis	—	—	—	受賞
—	Heinrich Mann Prize	—	—	—	受賞
—	National Prize of East Germany	—	—	East German Government	受賞

Alex Wedding Prize

1992

Organization: Akademie der Künste

Result: 受賞

Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis

1998

Result: 受賞

Heinrich Mann Prize

Result: 受賞

National Prize of East Germany

Organization: East German Government

Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Heinrich Mann Prize 1 appearances

Edition 57 (1981) Winner

Works

Major Works

Die Sorgen und die Macht

1962 Play

Play that sparked criticism from East German officials

PoliticsPower

Charlotte

Play

Successful play on world stage

LiteratureGoethe

Der Schuhu und die fliegende Prinzessin

Fairy tale

Fairy tale basis for opera by Udo Zimmermann

Fantasy

Adaptations

[Opera] / Udo Zimmermann

Bibliography

Am Ende verstehen sie es: Politische Schriften 1988–2003

Legacy

Prominent East German playwright, communist supporter, worked as dramaturge at Deutsches Theater in Berlin.

Trivia

Communist who supported the East German government's expatriation of Wolf Biermann.
Used pseudonym Saul O’Hara with his wife for boulevard comedies.