Kamnitzer, Heinz

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Kamnitzer, Heinz
Other forms of name
Kamnitzer, Heinz, 1917-2001
Date of birth
1917-05-10
Date of death
2001-05-21
Occupation
Authors
Historians
Associated Language
ger
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 120783092
Wikidata: Q1600437
Library of congress: n 85246006
Sources of Information
  • His Heimsuchung und Testament, 1983:t.p. (Heinz Kamnitzer) back cover (b. 1917 in Berlin)
  • LC data base(hdg.: Kamnitzer, Heinz)
  • 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)
  • LCN ; npte: b. 1919