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12.05.2010 Wend Kässens im Gespräch mit Schriftsteller Wilhelm Genazino
Wilhelm Genazino (born 22 January 1943, Mannheim) is a German journalist and author.
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- 12052010 Wend Kssens im Gesprch mit Schriftsteller Wilhelm Genazino
- Wilhelm genazino im interview
- Selected works
- In Translation
- Honours
- References

In the 1960s, he studied German, philosophy and sociology at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. He worked as a journalist until 1965. During this time, he worked, inter alia, for the satirical magazine Pardon and co-edited the magazine Lesezeichen. Since 1970 he has been working as a freelance author. In 1977 he achieved a breakthrough as a serious writer with his trilogy Abschaffel. In 1990 he became a member of the Academy for Language and Poetry in Darmstadt. After living in Heidelberg for a long time, Genazino moved to Frankfurt in 2004. That same year he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize, the most prestigious award for German literature.

Wilhelm genazino im interview
Selected works

In Translation

Honours

