Hans Magnus Enzensberger


About this author

Hans Magnus Enzensberger has published over sixty books of poetry, prose, and cultural and political commentary that have been translated into more than forty languages. The many honors and awards he has received over the course of the past four decades include The Georg Büchner Prize, the Heinrich Böll Prize, the Heinrich Heine Prize, the Prince of Asturias Communications and Humanities Award, the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize, and, the Griffin Lifetime Recognition Award.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hans Magnus Enzensberger has dominated the German and European intellectual scene for over four decades. His many books of poetry, prose, and cultural-political commentary, which have been translated into more than forty languages, include: verteidigung der wölfe (1957), landessprache (1960), Museum der modernen Poesie (1960), Einzelheiten: Essays (1962), Der kurze Sommer der Anarchie: Buenaventura Durrutis Leben und Tod (1972), Die Furie des Verschwindens (1980), Ach, Europa! Wahrnehmungen aus sieben Ländern (1987), Zukunftsmusik (1991), Die Große Wanderung (1992), Heraus mit der Sprache. Ein bisschen Deutsch für Deutsche, Österreicher, Schweizer und andere Aus- und Inländer (2005). Enzensberger has been the recipient of multiple national and international awards and prizes, among others, the Georg Büchner Prize (1963), the International Poetry Award (1980), the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize (1993), the Heinrich Böll Prize (1998), the Heinrich Heine Prize (1998), the Prince of Asturias Communications and Humanities Award (2002), the Premio d’Annunzio (2006), and the Griffin Lifetime Recognition Award (2009).

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