Paul Wühr (10 July 1927 – 12 July 2016) was a German experimental author. Wühr lived by

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, Italy and wrote for the publisher Hanser-Verlag.

Selected works

Novels

* '' Gegenmünchen'', 1970 * ''

Das falsche Buch The False Book Das falsche Buch is a 1983 German novel by Paul Wühr. Plot introduction Allusions/references to actual history, geography and current science Several of the characters are based upon true figures such as German sociologist N ...

'', 1983 * '' Der faule Strick'', 1987 * '' Wenn man mich so reden hört'', 1993 * '' Luftstreiche'', 1994 * '' Was ich noch vergessen habe'', 2002

Poems

* '' Grüß Gott ihr Mütter ihr Väter ihr Töchter ihr Söhne'', 1976 * '' Rede'', 1979 * '' Sage'', 1988 * '' Salve Res Publica Poetica'', 1997 * '' Venus im Pudel'', 2000

Radio plays

* '' Das Experiment'', 1963 * '' Wer kann mir sagen, wer Sheila ist?'', 1964 * '' Die Rechnung'', 1965 * '' Fensterstürze'', 1968 * '' Preislied'', 1971 * '' Soundseeing Metropolis München'', 1986 * '' Faschang Garaus'', 1988

Textbooks

* '' So spricht unsereiner'', 1973 (contains texts for the radio plays '' Preislied'', '' So eine Freiheit'', '' Trip Null'', '' Verirrhaus'')

Plays

* ''

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'', 1986

Awards and prizes

* 1971 –

Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden The Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden (War Blinded Audio Play Prize), also known as the Kriegsblindenpreis (War Blinded Prize) is the most important literary prize granted to playwrights of audio plays written in the German language. The award was e ...

* 1984 –

Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen The Bremen Literature Prize (, literally: Literature Prize of the city of Bremen) is a German literary award. The prize money is €25,000 (Förderpreis: €6,000). Recipients *1954 Heinrich Schmidt-Barrien for ''Tanzgeschichten. Ein Reigen aus ...

(for his novel ''

'') * 1990 –

Petrarca-Preis Petrarca-Preis was a European literary and translation award named after the Italian Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch. Founded in 1975 by German art historian and publisher Hubert Burda, it was primarily designed for contempora ...

* 1997 –

Großer Literaturpreis der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste Großer Literaturpreis der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste (in English: Literature Award of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine Arts) was a Bavarian literary prize by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste. In 2010, it merged with th ...

* 2002 –

Hans-Erich-Nossack-Preis Hans-Erich-Nossack-Preis was a former literary prize in Germany, later merged with the Literaturpreis des Kulturkreises der deutschen Wirtschaft in 2017. Winners * 1989 Friederike Mayröcker * 1991 Helga M. Novak * 1992 Günter Herburger * ...

References

External links

* 1927 births 2016 deaths German male writers {{Germany-writer-stub