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Reiner Kunze (born 16 August 1933 in
Oelsnitz, Erzgebirge,
Saxony) is a German writer and
GDR dissident. He studied media and journalism at the
University of Leipzig. In 1968, he left the GDR state party
SED following the communist
Warsaw Pact countries invasion of
Czechoslovakia in response to the
Prague Spring. He had to publish his work under various pseudonyms. In 1976, his most famous book The Lovely Years, which contained critical insights into the life, and the policies behind the
Iron Curtain, was published in
West Germany to great acclaim. In 1977, the GDR regime expatriated him, and he moved to
West Germany (FRG). He now lives near
Passau in Bavaria.
His writings consists mostly of poetry, though he wrote prose as well, including essays. He is also a translator of
Czech poetry and prose.
Kunze was a victim of the
Stasi's Zersetzung psychological warfare program.
2013
America Award for a lifetime contribution to international writing
British/American editions
The Lovely Years
In Time of Need: A Conversation about Poetry, Resistance & Exile (with
Mireille Gansel)
Zimmerlautstarke With the Volume Down Low (Swamp Press, 1981)
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Kürschners deutscher Literatur-Kalender (in German). De Gruyter. p. 1459.
ISBN978-3-11-023278-3. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^"Reiner Kunze". S. Fischer Verlage (in German). 24 August 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^"Reiner Kunze". Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. Retrieved 12 November 2023.