biography
| name: |
Richter, Hans Werner
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pronunciation:
[rikhtair]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1908–93)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Bansin-Usedom, N Germany. He was a US prisoner-of-war until 1946, when he became editor of the Socialist periodical Der Ruf with Alfred Andersch, and co-founder of the Gruppe 47 in 1947. A committed pacifist, he wrote realistic novels on the theme of war, including Die Geschlagenen (1949) and Sie fielen aus Gottes Hand about 12 people in a concentration camp, and also ironic portrayals of post-war society as in Spuren in Sand (1953) and Die Stunde der falshcen Triumphe (1981). He also wrote radio plays. |
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