biography
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Jens, Walter
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pseudonyms W Freiburger, Momos
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pronunciation:
[yens]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1923– )
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Hamburg, N Germany. A novelist and literary critic, he became professor of classical philology in Tübingen (1956) and then professor of rhetoric there (1963–88). His earlier work was influenced by Franz Kafka, and during 1947–55 he produced anti-fascist writing, since stressing the importance of the critical appraisal of current affairs. He combines literary traditions and scientific theories to form ‘intellectual’ novels, such as Nein, die Welt der Angeklagten (1950), Vergessener Gesichter (1952), and Herr Meiser, Dialog über einen Roman (1963). He has also produced modern translations of St Mark's Gospel and St Luke's Gospel in Die Zeit ist erfüllt. Die Stunde ist da (1990) and Und ein Gebot ging aus (1991). |
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