Alfred Bock (14 October 1859,
Giessen,
Grand Duchy of Hesse
The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (german: link=no, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein) was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918. The Grand Duchy originally formed from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806 ...
– 6 March 1932, Giessen) was a German writer. In 1924, Bock was awarded the prestigious
Georg Büchner Prize, the most important literary prize for German language literature.
Bock was educated at the
University of Giessen.
described Bock's style as "the art of a strong and comfortable bourgeoisie who takes people as forces of nature and the world without coloured glass."
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1859 births
1932 deaths
People from Giessen
19th-century German male writers
19th-century German writers
20th-century German male writers
German male novelists
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