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Home/Memorials/Switzerland/Basel/Hermann Kesten

Hermann Kesten

Biography of Hermann Kesten

28. Jan 1900 – 3. May 1996(96 years)Died in:Basel, Basel-Stadt

Deutscher Schriftsteller

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Pidvolochysk, Ternopil Oblast

Basel, Basel-Stadt

Germany

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writer linguist translator biographer essayist playwright poet editing staff opinion journalist novelist

Awards(4)

Georg Büchner Prize Prize of the city of Nuremberg Nelly Sachs Prize honorary citizen of Nuremberg

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Hermann Kesten (* 28. January 1900 in Pidvolochysk; † 3. May 1996 in Basel) was a deutscher Schriftsteller. He was 96 years old. He was married to Toni Kesten. He received 4 awards, including Georg Büchner Prize, Prize of the city of Nuremberg.

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1900

Born in Pidvolochysk, Ternopil Oblast

1996

Died in Basel, Basel-Stadt

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