Georg Büchner Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 66 (1991) Winner
Wolf Biermann
ヴォルフ・ビアーマン
Worumu Biāman
Aliases:
Karl Wolf Biermann
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1936-11-15 （Hamburg）
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German
- Residence History
- Hamburg → East Berlin → Hamburg → France
Career
- Occupations
- Singer-songwriter, Poet, Dissident
- Active Years
- 1960-
- Influenced By
- Hanns Eisler
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt University of Berlin | Philosophy and Mathematics | Philosophy | 名誉博士 (2008) | 1955-1963 | Germany |
Humboldt University of Berlin
Philosophy and Mathematics
/ Philosophy
Degree:
名誉博士 (2008)
Period:
1955-1963
Year of Graduation:
2008
Country:
Germany
Thesis defended in 1963, diploma and honorary doctorate in 2008
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Georg Büchner Prize | — | — | Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Heinrich-Heine-Preis | — | — | City of Düsseldorf | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis | — | — | City of Bad Homburg | 受賞 |
Georg Büchner Prize
1991
Organization:
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Result:
受賞
Heinrich-Heine-Preis
1993
Organization:
City of Düsseldorf
Result:
受賞
Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis
1989
Organization:
City of Bad Homburg
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Heinrich Heine Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1993) Winner
Works
Major Works
Chausseestraße 131
1969 Folk, Political balladsAlbum recorded secretly in his East Berlin apartment, known for sarcastic and ironic German texts.
Criticism of East GermanyPolitical oppressionDissidence
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- SatiricalIronicPolitical lyrics
- Recurring Motifs
- Communism critiqueResistanceJewish identity
Legacy
East German dissident singer-songwriter, stripped of citizenship in 1976, influential in German reunification.
Trivia
- His father was murdered in Auschwitz by Nazis.
- Father of ten children.