Willi Bredel

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Willi Bredel
Willi Bredel in 1951
President of the Academy of Arts of the German Democratic Republic
In office 1962–1964
Preceded by	Otto Nagel
Succeeded by	Konrad Wolf
Personal details
Born	(1901-05-02)May 2, 1901 Hamburg, German Empire
Died	October 27, 1964(1964-10-27) (aged 63) East Berlin, East Germany
Resting place	Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery
Political party	Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1946–) Communist Party of Germany (1919–1946) Spartakusbund (1917–1919)
Awards	Patriotic Order of Merit, in Gold (1961) Banner of Labour (1960) Hans Beimler Medal (1956) Patriotic Order of Merit, in Silver (1955)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union (1941–1945) Spanish Republic (1937–1938)
Branch/service	People's Army of the Republic (1937–1938)
Unit	International Brigades (1937–1938) XI International Brigade Thälmann Battalion
Battles/wars	Second World War Spanish Civil War Hamburg Uprising

Willi Bredel (2 May 1901 – 27 October 1964) was a German writer and president of the East German Academy of Arts, Berlin. Born in Hamburg, he was a pioneer of socialist realist literature.