Siegfried Lenz

1926 - 2014

country of citizenship: Germany

languages spoken, written or signed: German

occupation: screenwriter, writer, journalist, children's writer, playwright

award received: Golden Feather, Goethe Prize, Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize, Gerhart Hauptmann prize, Georg Mackensen Literary Prize, Andreas Gryphius Prize, Jean-Paul-Preis, Weilheim Literature Prize, Manès-Sperber-Preis, International Nonino Prize, Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen, Wilhelm Raabe Prize, Kulturpreis der deutschen Freimaurer, Lessing Ring, Honorary Lock keeper

official website: www.siegfried-lenz.de

Siegfried Lenz (German: [ˈziːkfʁiːt ˈlɛnts] (listen); 17 March 1926 – 7 October 2014) was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth. He won the 2010 International Nonino Prize in Italy. Source: Wikipedia (en)