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Kamnitzer, Heinz

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Personal name headingKamnitzer, Heinz
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Variant(s)Kamnitzer, Heinz, 1917-2001
Birth date1917-05-10
Death date2001-05-21
Place of birthBerlin (Germany)
Place of deathBerlin (Germany)
Profession or occupationAuthors Historians
Found inHis Heimsuchung und Testament, 1983: t.p. (Heinz Kamnitzer) back cover (b. 1917 in Berlin)
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Wikipedia, Jabuary 23, 2024 (Heinz Kamnitzer; Heinz Kamnitzer (10 May 1917, Berlin - 21 May 2001, Berlin) was a German writer and historian; he was part of the political-cultural establishment and a vocal government supporter in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany); his younger brother Peter (1921-1998) was an architect and a professor of Architecture and Urban Planning at UCLA; he published numerous non-fiction books and works of poetry; his best known book is Der Tod des Dichters ("The Death of the Poet"); he was also an editor of Arnold Zweig's works and wrote scripts for various films; from 1970 till 1989 Kamnitzer was president of the writer's association PEN in the German Democratic Republic)
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