Wilhelm Genazino

1943 - 2018

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

genre: novel

country of citizenship: Germany

languages spoken, written or signed: German

educated at: Goethe University Frankfurt

occupation: writer, playwright, essayist, journalist

award received: Georg Büchner Prize, Solothurner Literaturpreis, Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen, Kleist Prize, Hans Fallada Prize, Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, Kassel Literary Prize, Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize, Autorenpreis der deutschsprachigen Theaterverlage, Berliner Literaturpreis, Fontane-Preis, Stadtschreiber von Bergen, Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis, Literature Award of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine Arts, Poetik-Professur an der Universität Bamberg

Wilhelm Genazino (22 January 1943 – 12 December 2018) was a German journalist and author. He worked first as a journalist for the satirical magazine pardon and for Lesezeichen. From the early 1970s, he was a freelance writer who became known by a trilogy of novels, Abschaffel-Trilogie, completed in 1979. It was followed by more novels and two plays. Among his many awards is the prestigious Georg Büchner Prize. Source: Wikipedia (en)