Jurek Becker
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Jurek Becker
Jurek Becker was born in 1937 in Łódź, Poland, and died on March 14, 1997 in Sieseby, Germany. Becker grew up in the Łódź Ghetto and was later imprisoned in the concentration camps of Ravensbrück and Sachsenhausen. In 1945 he moved to East Berlin where he studied Philosophy at Humboldt University from 1957 to 1960. In 1960 Becker was barred from studying further for political reasons and thus transferred to film school in Babelsberg. Becker is the author of numerous screenplays. His first novel Jacob the Liar was published in 1969 and became known throughout the world. Jurek Becker’s work was awarded numerous prizes.
Jurek Becker was born in 1937 in Łódź, Poland, and died on March 14, 1997 in Sieseby, Germany. Becker grew up in the Łódź Ghetto and was later imprisoned in the concentration camps of Ravensbrück and Sachsenhausen. In 1945 he moved to East Berlin where he studied Philosophy at Humboldt University from 1957 to 1960. In 1960 Becker was barred from studying further for political reasons and thus transferred to film school in Babelsberg. Becker is the author of numerous screenplays. His first novel Jacob the Liar was published in 1969 and became known throughout the world. Jurek Becker’s work was awarded numerous prizes.
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Year of Publication: 2018
Jurek BeckerYear of Publication: 2018
On the beach at Bochum there’s a lot going on
Over the course of his life as a writer Jurek Becker has explored many genres. He wrote texts for the cabaret, authored movie scripts, garnered international acclaim with his debut novel Jacob the Liar, published short stories and essays. In his estate drafts were found for most of his works. Among these, drafts for postcards were discovered as well, in which he used the same conceptual...
Year of Publication: 2007
Jurek BeckerYear of Publication: 2007
Jacob the Liar
By chance Jacob Heym has learned that the Red Army is only a few hundred kilometers away. And now he has told all the others who are locked into the Ghetto of a Polish city with him and who have lost...
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Year of Publication: 1994
Jurek BeckerYear of Publication: 1994
Amanda Heartless
»Amanda Heartless is simultaneously a love-story, a portrait of the age, a coming of age novel, and a satire of literature in which the decline of a much maligned state is mirrored in the...
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