Jurek Becker

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Jurek Becker
Becker in 1993
Born	c. (1937-09-30)30 September 1937 Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
Died	14 March 1997(1997-03-14) (aged 59) Sieseby [de] (Thumby), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Language	German
Nationality	German
Notable works	Jacob the Liar

Jurek Becker (German: [ˈjuːʁɛk ˈbɛkɐ] ^ⓘ; c. 30 September 1937 – 14 March 1997) was a Polish-born German writer, screenwriter and East German dissident. His most famous novel is Jacob the Liar, which has been made into two films. He lived in Łódź during World War II for about two years and survived the Holocaust.