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Hans Werner Richter
Hans Werner Richter in 1992
Born	(1908-11-12)12 November 1908 Neu Sallenthin, German Empire
Died	23 March 1993(1993-03-23) (aged 84) Munich, Germany
Occupation	Novelist

Hans Werner Richter (12 November 1908 – 23 March 1993) was a German writer.

Born the son of a fisherman in Neu Sallenthin on the island of Usedom, Richter worked first in a bookshop in Swinemünde (now Świnoujście in Poland) and later moved to Berlin. ^[1]

He fought in World War II and was taken prisoner in 1943. After the war, he established himself as a writer and co-editor of the periodical Der Ruf. ^[1]

Richter is little known for his own works but found worldwide celebrity and acknowledgment as the founder, moving spirit and " grey eminence" of the Group 47, the most important literary association of the German Federal Republic of the post-war period. ^[2]

Richter died in Munich, aged 84.

Works

• Deine Söhne Europa - Gedichte deutscher Kriegsgefangener (collected poems, 1947)
• Die Geschlagenen (novel, 1949)
• Sie fielen aus Gottes Hand (novel, 1951)
• Spuren im Sand (novel, 1953)
• Du sollst nicht töten (novel, 1955)
• Linus Fleck oder Der Verlust der Würde (1959)
• Bestandsaufnahme – Eine deutsche Bilanz (1962)
• Bismarck (1964)
• Karl Marx in Samarkand (1966)
• Blinder Alarm (story, 1970)
• Briefe an einen jungen Sozialisten (autobiography, 1974)
• Die Flucht nach Abanon (story, 1980)
• Die Stunde der falschen Triumphe (novel, 1981)
• Ein Julitag (novel, 1982)
• Hans Werner Richter und die Gruppe 47 (in German). Frankfurt/M.: Ullstein. 1981. ISBN  3-548-26051-9. OCLC  8924955. (How the Group 47 started)

References