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Uwe Johnson (German pronunciation: [ˈuːvə ˈjoːnzɔn] ⓘ; 20 July 1934 – 22 February 1984) was a German writer, editor, and scholar. Such prominent writers and scholars as Günter Grass and Hans Mayer declared Johnson to be the most significant writer to emerge from East Germany . [1]
Uwe Johnson (* 20. Juli 1934 in Cammin in Pommern; † vermutlich in der Nacht vom 23. Februar auf den 24. Februar 1984 in Sheerness on Sea, England) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er gehörte der Gruppe 47 an.
Uwe Johnson (born July 20, 1934, Cammin, Germany [now Kamień Pomorski, Poland]—found dead March 12, 1984, Sheerness, Kent, England) was a German author noted for his experimental style. Many of his novels explore the contradictions of life in a Germany divided after World War II .
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Dec 18, 2018 · “Anniversaries,” Uwe Johnson’s oceanic, nearly 1,700-page masterpiece, performs a similar trick. Originally published in Germany, in four volumes between 1970 and 1983, it has been translated...
Short biography of Uwe Johnson. Uwe Johnson was born on 20 July 1934 in Kammin (today Kamień Pomorski in Poland). At the age of ten he was selected for one of National Socialism’s elite institutions (Deutsche Heimschule) for training as a future leader.
Oct 16, 2018 · This week marks the publication in English of Uwe Johnson’s Anniversaries: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl. This is the second of three essays by the translator, Damion Searls, a Paris Review contributor and former translation correspondent for the Daily.
Uwe Johnson was a German writer, editor, and scholar. Johnson was born in Kammin in Pomerania (now Kamień Pomorski, Poland). His father was a Swedish-descent peasant from Mecklenburg and his mother was from Pommern.
