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Buchheim, Lothar Günther

LC control no.n 80037864
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LC classificationPT2662.U3134
Personal name headingBuchheim, Lothar Günther
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Associated countryGermany
Birth date1918-02-06
Death date2007-02-22
Place of birthWeimar (Thuringia, Germany)
Place of deathStarnberg (Germany)
Field of activityLiterature Fiction Art
Profession or occupationNovelists Painters
Found inHis Tage und Nächte steigen aus dem Strom, 1941.
New York times WWW site, Feb. 26, 2007 (in obituary published Feb. 24: Lothar-Günther Buchheim; d. Thursday [Feb. 22, 2007], aged 89; German author and art collector best known for his autobiographical novel Das Boot)
Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1918)
Wikipedia, February 18, 2020 (Lothar-Günther Buchheim (February 6, 1918 - February 22, 2007) was a German author and painter. He is best known for his novel Das Boot (1973), which became an international bestseller and was adapted in 1981 as an Oscar-nominated film and later released as a TV mini-series in 1985. A German TV series Das Boot was released in 2018, based on his novels Das Boot and Die Festung. Born in Weimar; died in Starnberg.)
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