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, Austria-Hungary (now in Romania), and grew up there before moving to Germany in 1926. He studied art history,

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and philosophy in

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and Berlin until 1932. He was a soldier during the Second World War. From 1955, he was a lecturer, then a professor at the Johannes R. Becher Institute of Literature in Leipzig, where he had great influence on the poets of the Saxon School. He died in

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at the age of 64 and was buried in the Südfriedhof in Leipzig.

Prizes and awards

* Literaturpreis der Stadt Weimar 1948 * Johannes-R.-Becher-Preis 1961 *

Kunstpreis der Stadt Leipzig From 1959 to 1989, the city of Leipzig awarded the Kunstpreis der Stadt Leipzig, which was given for outstanding merits in the artistic field to persons who promoted the reputation of the city beyond the region: architects, visual artists, compos ...

1964 *

Nationalpreis der DDR The National Prize of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (german: Nationalpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) was an award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) given out in three different classes for scientific, artistic, ...

1965 * F.-C.-Weiskopf-Preis 1972

Werke

*''Ewige Stimmen'', poems, Haessel Verlag Leipzig 1936 *''Gesänge der Zeit'', hymns and sonnets, Rupert-Verlag Leipzig 1948 *''Barfuß'' by

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, translation, 1951 *''Zweiundvierzig Sonette'' Aufbau Verlag Berlin 1953 *''Die Elemente'', poems, Insel Verlag Leipzig 1955 *''Gedichte aus zehn Jahren'', Verlag Volk und Welt Berlin 1956 *''Der Dichter und seine Zeit'', essays and reviews, Aufbau Verlag Berlin 1956 *''Eine stürmische Nacht'' by

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, translation, Insel Verlag 1956 *''Lob der Venus'', sonnets, Verlag der Nation Berlin 1956 *''Poetische Reise'' Verlag der Nation Berlin 1959 *''Das Lächeln Hiroshimas'' by

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, translation, Verlag der Nation 1960 *''Ein Glückspilz'' by I. L. Caragiale, translation, Aufbau Verlag 1961 *''Dreistrophenkalender'', poems, Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 1961 *''Das Unsere'', in the series ''neue deutsche literatur'', Heft 8 1962 *''Gestalten der Liebe'', poems, Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 1964 *''Stromkreis'', poems, Insel Verlag Leipzig 1964 *''Im Blick der Uralten'', poems, Insel Verlag 1965 *''Gespräche'', poems, Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 1967 *''Essay I'', Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 1969 *''Kreise'', poems, Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 1970 *''Erfahrene Welt'', poems, Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 1972 *''Essay II'', Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 1973 *''Ich sitz im Weltall auf einer Bank im Rosental'' (ed. Eva Maurer) Connewitzer Verlagsbuchhandlung 2007

Bibliography

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: ''Die Liebe der Dichter: Georg Maurer''. In '' neue deutsche literatur'' 1988, issue 8, . * Wolfgang Emmerich: ''Georg Maurer''. In Heinz Ludwig Arnold (Hrsg.): ''Kritisches Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur''. Das KLG auf CD-ROM. Zweitausendeins, Frankfurt 2007, (with comprehensive bibliography). * Franka Köpp/Roland Lampe/Sabine Wolf (Bearb.): ''Georg Maurer. 1907–1971''. Stiftung Archiv der Akademie der Künste, Berlin 2003, .

External links

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on Poetenladen.de * Archive of the Berlin Akademie der Künste
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