Wolfgang Schreyer
Wolfgang Schreyer (20 November 1927 – 14 November 2017) was an (East) German writer of fiction, historic adventures mixed with documentary, science fiction for TV shows and movies. He was born in Magdeburg, Germany.
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Wolfgang Schreyer in 2004
During the last years of the war he was a member of the NSDAP (1944 – 1945).
He was best known as the author of over 20 adventure stories.[1] In 1956 Schreyer was awarded the Heinrich-Mann-Preis. From 1974 until his death, he was a member of PEN International. He was very successful in East Germany.
Schreyer died on 14 November 2017 in Ahrenshoop, Germany at the age of 89.[2]
References
- Bernd-Rainer Barth. "Schreyer, Wolfgang * 20.11.1927 Schriftsteller". Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- DDR-Autor Wolfgang Schreyer gestorben (in German)
Other websites
- Profile at Stiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur
- Profil at mvweb.de Archived 2008-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.dielegende.info/ Archived 2008-04-11 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.ila-bonn.de/buchbesprechungen/buecher249.htm Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
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