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Wilhelm Genazino

Born

in Mannheim, Germany

January 22, 1943

Died

December 12, 2018

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Wilhelm Genazino was a German journalist and author.

In the 1960s, he studied German, philosophy and sociology at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. He worked as a journalist until 1965. During this time, he worked, inter alia, for the satirical magazine Pardon and co-edited the magazine Lesezeichen. Since 1970 he has been working as a freelance author. In 1977 he achieved a breakthrough as a serious writer with his trilogy "Abschaffel". In 1990 he became a member of the Academy for Language and Poetry in Darmstadt. After living in Heidelberg for a long time, Genazino moved to Frankfurt in 2004. That same year he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize, the most prestigious award for German literature. ...more

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	Mutsuzluk Zamanlarında Mutluluk by Wilhelm Genazino, Zehra Aksu Yılmazer (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 2,604 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O Gün İçin Bir Şemsiye by Wilhelm Genazino, Çağlar Tanyeri (Translator) 3.70 avg rating — 1,093 ratings — published 2001 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aşk Aptallığı by Wilhelm Genazino, Özden Özberber (Translator) 3.56 avg rating — 703 ratings — published 2005 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elden Düşme Dünya by Wilhelm Genazino, Tevfik Turan (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 656 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bir Kadın, Bir Ev, Bir Roman by Wilhelm Genazino, Tevfik Turan (Translator) 3.47 avg rating — 458 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ne Para Ne Saat Ne Kasket by Wilhelm Genazino, Tevfik Turan (Translator) 3.35 avg rating — 185 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mittelmäßiges Heimweh 3.44 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abschaffel 3.49 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1977 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Fleck, die Jacke, die Zimmer, der Schmerz 3.96 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Außer uns spricht niemand über uns 3.12 avg rating — 51 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“İnsanın önemli anlarda dilsizleşen bir filozof olduğunu keşfetmesinden daha korkunç bir şey olamaz.”
― Wilhelm Genazino, Mutsuzluk Zamanlarında Mutluluk

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“Ich höre jetzt nur noch das Wehklagen meiner ratlosen Seele. Sie möchte gern etwas erleben, was ihrer Zartheit entspricht, und nicht immerzu dem Zwangsabonnement der Wirklichkeit ausgeliefert sein.”
― Wilhelm Genazino

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“Bazen bana aniden baskın yapan aşırı duyarlılıktan öldüğümü hayal ediyorum. O zaman bir acil doktor koşup gelir, yapabileceği tek şey öldüğümü tespit etmek olurdu. Ölüm sebebi olarak da şunu yazardı ölüm raporuna: Aşırı duyarlılık.”
― Wilhelm Genazino, Mutsuzluk Zamanlarında Mutluluk

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