Wilhelm Genazino
Genazino in 2016 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Born(1943-01-22)22 January 1943
Died12 December 2018(2018-12-12) (aged 75)
Frankfurt, Germany
EducationJohann Wolfgang Goethe University
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • Writer
Organizations
Awards
Signature on a book cover

Wilhelm Genazino (22 January 1943[1] – 12 December 2018) was a German journalist and author. He worked first as a journalist for the satirical magazine pardon and for Lesezeichen. From the early 1970s, he was a freelance writer who became known by a trilogy of novels, Abschaffel-Trilogie, completed in 1979. It was followed by more novels and two plays. Among his many awards is the prestigious Georg Büchner Prize.

Career

Born in Mannheim,[2] Genazino studied German, philosophy and sociology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main in the 1960s.[3] He worked as a journalist until 1965. During this time, he worked, for the satirical magazine pardon[2] and co-edited the magazine Lesezeichen.[4] Beginning in 1970 he worked as a freelance author. In 1977 he achieved a breakthrough as a serious writer with his trilogy Abschaffel.[3][5] In 1990 he became a member of the Academy for Language and Poetry in Darmstadt.[1] After living in Heidelberg for a long time, Genazino moved to Frankfurt in 2004. That same year he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize, the most prestigious award for German literature.[1][5]

Genazino in 2013

Genazino died on 12 December 2018 after a short illness at the age of 75.[2]

Works

Books

Play

In translation

Translations of works by Genazino have also been published in Greek, Latvian and Russian.

Honours

Literature

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Büchner Prize 2004 Wilhelm Genazino". Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Wilhelm Genazino ist tot". Die Zeit (in German). 14 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Heidelberger Poetikdozentur 2014" (in German). University of Heidelberg. 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Wilhelm Genazino erhält den Kasseler Literaturpreis für grotesken Humor" (PDF) (in German). Brückner-Kühner-Stiftung. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "Helmut Böttiger zum Tod von Wilhelm Genazino - "Er war ein großartiger Beobachter von Alltagsphänomenen"" (in German). Deutschlandfunk. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  6. ^ Reents, Edo (14 December 2018). "Zum Tod von Wilhelm Genazino / "Stille Verzweiflung"". FAZ (in German). Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Genazino, Wilhelm / Lieber Gott mach mich blind" (in German). University of Heidelberg. 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  8. ^ Kontakt: winfried.giesen (at) web.de