Paul Günter Krohn
Paul Günter Krohn (born March 26, 1929 in Klaipėda , Lithuania, † June 30, 1979 in Berlin ) was a German literary scholar and poet .
Life
In 1948/1949 he attended the workers and farmers faculty in Halle (Saale) . There he studied literature, history and economics until 1953. Until 1979 he worked in the collective for literary history of the Volk und Wissen publishing house in Berlin. He worked as an editor and publicist and was a co-author of the history of German literature , the lexicon of German-language writers and the anthology German storytellers of the 20th century . He has published poems in various magazines and anthologies and published two volumes of poetry. In 1979 he had a fatal accident in Berlin. His grave is in the Pankow IV cemetery in Berlin-Niederschönhausen .
Works
- All of my names. Poems from 20 and more years. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle / Saale 1976.
- Brooch Poems by and about him . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle / Saale 1978.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krohn, Paul Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klaipėda , Lithuania |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 30, 1979 |
| Place of death | Berlin |