Award
National Prize of East Germany
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q70737 · wikidata
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Hans Mayer
1907-03-19 – 2001-05-19
Life & Legacy
Hans Mayer (pseudonym: Martin Seiler; 19 March 1907, Cologne – 19 May 2001, Tübingen) was a German literary scholar. Mayer was also a jurist and social researcher and was internationally recognized as a critic, author and musicologist.
Occupation & Career
journalist, writer, literary critic, university teacher, poet lawyer, musicologist, literary historian, teacher, socialist, literary scholar, jurist, editor-in-chief
Education
University of Bonn; University of Cologne; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
National Prize of East Germany; Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna; Heinrich Mann Prize; Officer of Arts and Letters; Heinrich-Böll-Preis; Ernst Bloch Award; Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art · Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna · Ernst Bloch Award · Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · Heinrich Mann Prize · Heinrich-Böll-Preis · National Prize of East Germany · Officer of Arts and Letters
Employer
Leibniz University Hannover · Leipzig University · University of Tübingen
Organizations & Memberships
Academy of Arts of the GDR · Academy of Arts, Berlin · Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts · Sächsische Akademie der Künste
Education & Institutions
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · University of Bonn · University of Cologne
Verified Legacy Record
Award
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q70737 · wikidata
Award
Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q70737 · wikidata
Award
Heinrich Mann Prize
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q70737 · wikidata
Award
Officer of Arts and Letters
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q70737 · wikidata
Award
Heinrich-Böll-Preis
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q70737 · wikidata
Award
Ernst Bloch Award
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q70737 · wikidata
Award
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q70737 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q70737 — wikidata View source
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