Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Enzensberger in Warsaw, 2006
Enzensberger in Warsaw, 2006
Born(1929-11-11)11 November 1929
Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany
Died24 November 2022(2022-11-24) (aged 93)
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Pen name
  • Andreas Thalmayr
  • Giorgio Pellizzi
  • Linda Quilt
  • Elisabeth Ambras
OccupationWriter
LanguageGerman
EducationUniversity of Erlangen–Nuremberg
Genres
  • Poetry
  • essay
  • novel
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Hans Magnus Enzensberger (11 November 1929 – 24 November 2022) was a German author, poet, translator, and editor. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Andreas Thalmayr, Elisabeth Ambras, Linda Quilt and Giorgio Pellizzi. Enzensberger was regarded as one of the literary founding figures of the Federal Republic of Germany and wrote more than 70 books,[1] with works translated into 40 languages. He was one of the leading authors in Group 47, and influenced the 1968 West German student movement. He was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize and the Pour le Mérite, among many others.

  1. ^ Ingendaay, Paul (25 November 2022). "Hans Magnus Enzensberger: So leicht und elegant wie niemand in Deutschland". FAZ.NET (in German). Retrieved 25 November 2022.