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Gerhard Zwerenz (3 June 1925 in Gablenz, Saxony – 13 July 2015) was a German writer and politician. From 1994 until 1998 he was a member of the Bundestag for the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).

Gerhard Zwerenz
Born3 June 1925
Gablenz, Saxony, Germany
Died13 July 2015
NationalityGerman
OccupationWriter and politician

Life


Gerhard Zwerenz was born in Gablenz, a district of Crimmitschau. After an apprenticeship to a coppersmith he enlisted in the Wehrmacht in 1942 and participated in World War II. In 1944 he deserted and became a prisoner of war.

In 1948 he came back to Germany, where he worked as a policeman until 1951. From 1949 until 1957 he was member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. After he became ill with tuberculosis he had to stay in a sanatorium. From 1953 until 1956 he studied philosophy under Ernst Bloch at Leipzig University. From 1956 up until his death in 2015 he worked as a writer. In 1957 Zwerenz was expelled from the SED and soon after fled to West-Berlin. Later he and his wife, writer Ingrid Zwerenz, lived in Munich, Cologne, Offenbach am Main and Oberreifenberg/Taunus.[1]

From 1994 until 1998 Zwerenz was a member of the German Bundestag for the PDS.

Zwerenz died on 13 July 2015, aged 90.[2]


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References


  1. Stefan Müller: Gerhard Zwerenz zum 85. Geburtstag am 3. Juni: Ein Gespräch mit Gerhard Zwerenz: „Ich arbeite jeden Vormittag!“ at poetenladen, 3 June 2010.
  2. Autor Gerhard Zwerenz mit 90 Jahren gestorben at sueddeutsche.de, 13 July 2015.





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