Toucan Prize (Tukan-Preis)
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (1985) Winner
Walter Kolbenhoff
ヴァルター・コルベンホフ
Varutā Korubenhofu
Aliases:
Walter Hoffman
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1908-05-20 （Berlin）
- Died
- 1993-01-29 （Germering） age 84
- Nationality
- German
- Languages
- German
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Berlin → Denmark → Yugoslavia → Italy → Germering
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, worker, vagabond
- Active Years
- 1930-1988
- Affiliations
- Communist Party of Germany (KPD), Hessischer Rundfunk
- Memberships
- Gruppe 47
- Influenced By
- Wilhelm Reich
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Untermenschen
1933 novelNovel depicting his former life as a vagabond
vagabond lifecommunism
Von unserem Fleisch und Blut
1947 novelNovel about the Werwolf movement
post-warNazi remnants
Der Kopfjäger
1960 novelNovel about the man-hunt of the French Foreign Legion
man-huntpolitics
Bibliography
- Der Hinterhof
- Untermenschen
- Moderne Balladen
- Von unserem Fleisch und Blut
- Heimkehr in die Fremde
- Der Kopfjäger
- Das Wochenende
- Bilder aus einem Panoptikum. Grotesken und Geschichten
Translations by Author
- Translated many crime novels from English to German
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realismsocial criticism
- Recurring Motifs
- political oppressionvagabond life
Legacy
German novelist involved with the Communist Party, exiled during the Nazi era, and later a member of Gruppe 47. His works often draw from political experiences.
Quotes
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In fact, they wanted to bring the Nazis to power and then take power
Source: Portrait by Hessischer Rundfunk (1980)
Trivia
- Joined the German Communist Party KPD in 1929
- Exiled to Denmark from 1933 to 1940
- Returned to Germany in 1940 and joined the Wehrmacht
- Member of Gruppe 47
- Translated numerous English crime novels