- Ulrich Plenzdorf
Ulrich Plenzdorf (
October 26 1934 –August 9 2007 ) was a German author and dramatist.Life
Born in
Berlin , Plenzdorf studiedPhilosophy inLeipzig , but graduated with a degree in film. He found work atDEFA .He became famous in both East and West Germany for his socially critical work titled "
Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. " Written in the jargon of theGDR -youth of the 1970s, it details the tragic story of a young man and his attempt to break free from his stifling bourgeois environment, who draws parallels between his own life and that of the protagonist in Goethe work "The Sorrows of Young Werther (Die Leiden des jungen Werther)" (1774).Since 2004, Plenzdorf had been a guest lecturer at the Deutsches Literaturinstitut in
Leipzig .He died on
August 9 2007 of undisclosed causes, aged 72.Awards and honors
*1973
Heinrich-Mann-Preis
*1978Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis Works
*"Karla" (1964)
*"Kennen Sie Urban?" (1970)
*"Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. "
*"Die Legende von Paul und Paula " (movie script)
*"Der alte Mann, das Pferd, die Straße" (1974)
*"Buridans Esel" (1976)
*"Auszug" (1977)
*"kein runter kein fern" (1978)
*"Legende vom Glück ohne Ende" (1979) (extended novel based on the film "Die Legende von Paul und Paula")
*"Gutenachtgeschichte" (1980)
*"Glück im Hinterhaus"
*"Insel der Schwäne" (1983)
*"Bockshorn" (1984)
*"Ein fliehendes Pferd"
*"Ein Tag länger als ein Leben" (1986)
*"Der König und sein Narr"
*"Der Fall Ö." (1990)
*"Der Verdacht" (1990)
*"Freiheitsberaubung" (1987)
*"Vater Mutter Mörderkind" (1993/94)
*"Eins und Eins ist Uneins"ources
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* [http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/0,1518,499068,00.html Der Spiegel obituary]
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