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Born in Klipphausen near Meißen in 1934. Worked as
a publisher's reader and editor in Weimar from 1955-87, and has since
been a freelance writer. From 1990-93, was secretary of the Deutsche
Schiller-Stiftung. A member of the Deutsche Akademie der Sprache und
Dichtung, Darmstadt, and the Akademie der Künste in Berlin; winner
of the R. Becher, Peter Huchel, Heinrich Mann, Elisabeth Langgässer,
Erwin Strittmatter, and Weimar prizes.
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