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Ulrich Plenzdorf

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born

October 26, 1934 in Berlin, Germany

died

August 09, 2007

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Ulrich Plenzdorf was a German author and dramatist.

Born in Berlin, Plenzdorf studied Philosophy in Leipzig, but graduated with a degree in film. He found work at DEFA.

He became famous in both East and West Germany for his socially critical work titled "Die neuen Leiden des jungen W." Written in the jargon of the GDR-youth of the 1970s, it details the tragic story of a young man and his attempt to break free from his stifling bourgeois environment, drawing parallels between his own life and that of the protagonist in Goethe's work The Sorrows of Young Werther (Die Leiden des jungen Werther) (1774).

Since 2004, Plenzdorf had been a guest lecturer at the Deutsches Literaturinstitut in Leipzig.

He died of undisclosed causes, aged 72.

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Books by Ulrich Plenzdorf

Average rating: 3.23 · 414 ratings · 23 reviews · 18 distinct works

	Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. 3.15 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 1972 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Die Legende Von Paul Und Paula 3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Die Neuen Leiden Des Jungen W. Und Andere Stücke: Stücke Und Materialien 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Genç W'nin Yeni Acıları 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Legende Vom Glu&#X308;Ck Ohne Ende 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions	My rating:
	kein runter kein fern 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1984	My rating:
	Legenda o sreči brez konca 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Gutenachtgeschichte ; illustriert von Rolf Köhler 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1983 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Ein Land, genannt die DDR 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005	My rating:
	Novo trpljenje mladega W 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating: