Siegfried Lenz author biography, plus links to books by Siegfried Lenz.

Siegfried Lenz

Siegfried Lenz, born in Lyck in East Prussia in 1926, is one of the most important and widely read writers in postwar and present-day literature. He has published twelve novels, including The German Lesson, and produced several collections of short stories, essays, and plays. His works have been published since 1951 by Hoffmann und Campe, and he has won numerous prizes, including the Goethe Prize and the German Booksellers’ Peace Prize.
 
Anthea Bell is a freelance translator from German and French, specializing in fiction. She has won a number of translation awards in the UK, the USA, and Europe.

This biography was last updated on 08/03/2010.

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