Biography of Wolfgang Schivelbusch (1941-2023)

Biography

Birthplace

Berlin, Germany

Place of Death

Berlin, Germany

Nationality

Germany

Occupation(7)

journalist literary scholar writer cultural historian independent scholar historian opinion journalist

Awards(4)

Guggenheim Fellowship Heinrich Mann PrizeMartin Warnke MedalLessing Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Education(2)

Goethe University Frankfurt Freie Universität Berlin

Employer(1)

Leibniz-Center for Literary and Cultural Research

Wolfgang Schivelbusch (* 26. November 1941 in Berlin; † 26. March 2023 in Berlin) was a deutscher Kulturhistoriker, Privatgelehrter und Sachbuch-Essayist. He was 81 years old. His education included Goethe University Frankfurt and Freie Universität Berlin. He worked at Leibniz-Center for Literary and Cultural Research. He received 4 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, Heinrich Mann Prize.

Life Events

2 Events

1941

Born in Berlin, Germany

2023

Died in Berlin, Germany

Biography

Birthplace

Berlin, Germany

Place of Death

Berlin, Germany

Nationality

Germany

Occupation(7)

journalist literary scholar writer cultural historian independent scholar historian opinion journalist

Awards(4)

Guggenheim Fellowship Heinrich Mann PrizeMartin Warnke MedalLessing Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Education(2)

Goethe University Frankfurt Freie Universität Berlin

Employer(1)

Leibniz-Center for Literary and Cultural Research

Life Events

2 Events

1941

Born in Berlin, Germany

2023