Biography
Max von der Grün (German: [maks fɔn dɐ̯ ɡʁyːn] ; 25 May 1926 – 7 April 2005) was a German novelist.
Max von der Grün was born in Sankt Georgen (Bayreuth) and grew up in Mitterteich. After a clerical apprenticeship, he became a paratrooper during World War II in 1944. He was captured by U.S. forces near Quimper (France) and became a prisoner of war, spending three years in prison camps in Scotland, Louisiana, Texas, and New Mexico.
After his release, he worked as a bricklayer, and from 1951 to 1963 in the Zeche Königsborn mine near Unna. He started writing in 1955, initially poetry, later focusing on worker-class themes.
He was a founding member of the Dortmunder Gruppe 61, and a member of the International PEN.
Von der Grün died in Dortmund.
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Filmography
all 13
Movies 12
Writer 11
TV Shows 1
self 1
Writer
The Crocodiles: All for One (2011)
Movie
5.5
Writer
The Crocodiles Strike Back (2010)
Movie
3.6
Writer
The Crocodiles (2009)
Movie
4.38
Self
Mein Kriegsende (2005)
TV
Writer
Flächenbrand (1981)
Movie
Writer
Späte Liebe (1978)
Movie
Writer
The Suburban Crocodiles (1977)
Movie
Writer
Stellenweise Glatteis (1975)
Movie
Writer
Zwei Briefe an Pospischiel (1971)
Movie
Writer
Aufstiegschancen (1971)
Movie
Writer
Zwei Briefe an Pospischiel (1970)
Movie
Writer
Schichtwechsel (1968)
Movie
Novel
Irrlicht und Feuer (1966)
Movie
Ratings
Average 4.13
Based on 4.02 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1966
1971
1978
2009
2011
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Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1926-05-25
Deathday2005-04-07 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceBayreuth, Germany
CitizenshipsGermany
AwardsPrize of the city of Nuremberg, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff prize, Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
This article uses material from Wikipedia.
Image credit: Pendragon Verlag/Jennifer von der Grün, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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