Heinrich Mann Prize
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Walter Kaufmann
ヴァルター・カウフマン
Wārutā Kaufuman
Aliases:
Jizchak Schmeidler
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1924-01-24 （Berlin）
- Died
- 2021-04-15 （Berlin, Germany） age 97
- Nationality
- German, Australian
- Languages
- English, German
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Berlin → England → Australia → East Berlin
Career
- Occupations
- writer
- Active Years
- 1953-2021
- Influenced By
- Frank Hardy, David Martin
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Mary Gilmore award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1961 | Fontane-Preis | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1964 | Fontane-Preis | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1967 | Heinrich Mann Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Literature Prize of the Ruhr Region | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Mary Gilmore award
1959
Result:
受賞
Fontane-Preis
1961
Result:
受賞
Fontane-Preis
1964
Result:
受賞
Heinrich Mann Prize
1967
Result:
受賞
Literature Prize of the Ruhr Region
1993
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Voices in the Storm
1953 NovelNovel based on his own past in Nazi Germany
warJewishexile
The Curse of Maralinga
1959 Short storiesThe Curse of Maralinga and other Stories
AustraliaAboriginal people
Bibliography
- Voices in the Storm (1953), The Curse of Maralinga (1959), American Encounter (1966), Beyond the Green World of Childhood (1972), Wohin der Mensch gehört (1957), Der Fluch von Maralinga (1958) etc.
Adaptations
- Frozen Flashes (1967), Rendezvous with Unknown (1969)
Translations of Works
- Many works translated into German
- Der Fluch von Maralinga (1958, tr. Johannes Schellenberger)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- socialist realism
- Recurring Motifs
- Australian trade unionistsAboriginal disenfranchisement
Legacy
German-Australian writer known for socialist realistic stories on Australian workers and Aboriginal issues, popular in GDR
Trivia
- Born to Polish Jewish mother, adopted by wealthy German Jewish couple
- Fled to England then deported to Australia on HMT Dunera
- Volunteered for Australian army
- Moved to East Berlin in 1957