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Life

Enzensberger studied literature and philosophy at the universities of Erlangen, Freiburg and Hamburg, and at the Sorbonne in Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1955 for a thesis about Clemens Brentano's poetry. Until 1957 he worked as a radio editor in Stuttgart. He participated in several gatherings of Group 47. Between 1965 and 1975 he edited the magazine "Kursbuch". Since 1985 he has been the editor of the prestigious book series Die Andere Bibliothek, now containing almost 250 titles. Literature is literally acquaintance with letters as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary (from the Latin littera meaning an individual written character (letter)). The term has generally come to identify a collection of texts, which in Western culture are mainly prose, both fiction and non-fiction... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Erlangen around 1915 Erlangen is a German city in Middle Franconia. ... Freiburg city from Schlossberg Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Breisgau region, on the western edge of the southern Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald) with about 214,000 inhabitants. ... Alster Lake at dusk Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and with the Hamburg Harbour, its principal port. ... The Sorbonne, Paris, in a 17th century engraving The historic University of Paris (French: Université de Paris) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was in 1970 reorganized as 13 autonomous universities (University of Paris I–XIII). ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1955 (MCMLV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clemens Brentano, or Klemens Brentano (September 8, 1778 – July 28, 1842) was a German poet and novelist. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stuttgart, a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 as of September 2005 in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. ... The Gruppe 47 (Group 47) was a literary association in Germany after WW II. // Early history The beginnings reach back to 1946 when Alfred Andersch and Walter Kolbenhoff founded the literary magazine Der Ruf (The Call) in Munich. ... This article is about the year. ...

Enzensberger is the older brother of the author Christian Enzensberger. Christian Enzensberger (born 1931) is a German author. ...

Honours received

• 1963 Georg-Büchner-Preis
• 1985 Heinrich-Böll-Preis
• 1993 Erich-Maria-Remarque-Friedenspreis
• 1998 Heinrich-Heine-Preis
• 2002 Prince of Asturias Communications and Humanities award

Published works

• Verteidigung der wölfe, Gedichte, 1957
• Politik und Verbrechen, Essays, 1964
• Deutschland, Deutschland unter anderm. Äußerungen zur Poilitik, 1967
• Das Verhör von Habana, Prosa, 1970
• Constituents of a Thoery of the Media, 1971
• Der kurze Sommer der Anarchie. Buenaventura Durrutis Leben und Tod, Prosa, 1972
• Gespräche mit Marx und Engels, 1970
• Palaver. Politische Überlegungen, Essays, 1974
• Mausoleum. 37 Balladen aus der Geschichte des Fortschritts, Gedichte, 1975
• Der Untergang der Titanic, Versepos, 1978
• Polit. Brosamen, Essays, 1982
• Ach, Europa! Wahrnehmungen aus sieben Ländern, Prosa, 1987
• Zukunftsmusik, Gedichte, 1991
• Die Tochter der Luft, Drama, 1992
• Die Große Wanderung, Essays, 1992
• Zickzack, Aufsätze, 1997
• Wo warst du, Robert?, Roman, 1998
• Zickzack, Aufsätze, 2000