biography
pronunciation:
[haks]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1928– )
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Breslau (now Wroclaw, SW Poland). He studied sociology, philosophy, and literature in Munich before moving to East Berlin (1955), where he worked for the Brecht Ensemble and became a freelance writer in 1963. His comedies, mainly written in verse, reveal Brecht's influence, and include Der Eröffnung des Indischen Zeitalters (1955) and Das Volksbuch von Herzog Ernst (1955). He uses historical and mythical backgrounds to emphasize socially critical aspects and employs a form of ‘classical realism’. Among other works are children's books, including Das Windloch, and the poems Die Katze wäscht den Omnibus (1973). |
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