Thomas Brasch
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Thomas Brasch
Thomas Brasch, poet, playwright, filmmaker and translator, one of the most distinctive figures of contemporary German literature, was born in Westow/Yorkshire (UK) in 1945 as the son of Jewish emigrants. He lived in East Berlin until he left the GDR in 1976. He died in Berlin in 2001.
Thomas Brasch, poet, playwright, filmmaker and translator, one of the most distinctive figures of contemporary German literature, was born in Westow/Yorkshire (UK) in 1945 as the son of Jewish emigrants. He lived in East Berlin until he left the GDR in 1976. He died in Berlin in 2001.
Awards (selection)
Lessing-Preis 1977
Ernst-Reuter-Preis 1978
Fellowship at Villa Massimo German Academy in Rome in 1979
Kleist-Preis 1987
Ernst-Reuter-Preis 1978
Fellowship at Villa Massimo German Academy in Rome in 1979
Kleist-Preis 1987
Lessing-Preis 1977
Ernst-Reuter-Preis 1978
Fellowship at Villa Massimo German Academy in Rome in 1979
Kleist-Preis 1987
Ernst-Reuter-Preis 1978
Fellowship at Villa Massimo German Academy in Rome in 1979
Kleist-Preis 1987
PUBLICATIONS
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Year of Publication: 2025
Thomas BraschYear of Publication: 2025
»You Have to Walk against the Wind«
This volume brings together Thomas Brasch’s published and unpublished fictional and essayistic prose (stories, speeches, criticism, commentary, opinion pieces) from 1956 to 2000 – with the exception of the novel material published as Child Killer Brunke. From his first publication in the Lausitzer Rundscahau (in 1956, when Brasch was just 11), the fairytale Fox, Eagle and Hippo,...
Year of Publication: 2013
Thomas BraschYear of Publication: 2013
»They Call it Scream«
Thomas Brasch, poet, playwright, filmmaker and translator, is one of the most striking figures in contemporary German literature. From poems with personal dedications and occasional poems to...
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Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: France (selection; Hochroth)
Year of Publication: 1989
Thomas BraschYear of Publication: 1989
Lovely Rita — Rotter — Dear Georg
Lovely Rita (premiered & first published: 1978), Rotter (premiered: 1977, first published: 1983), Dear Georg (premiered: 1980, first published: 1979): The three...
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Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Korea (Sung kyun kwan University Press), Israel (Papyrus Academic Publishing House)
Year of Publication: 1980
Thomas BraschYear of Publication: 1980
Wonderful 27 September
Wonderful 27 September was published in 1980, the same year he was awarded the FAZ Prize for Literature. The jury states the following: »In Wonderful 27 September, Thomas Brasch...
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Serbia (Radni Sto)
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