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Siegfried Lenz

(1926–2014) Screenwriter

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Siegfried Lenz was a screenwriter, best known for Deutschstunde.

Quick Facts About Siegfried Lenz

Born: March 17, 1926
Died: October 7, 2014
Profession: Screenwriter
Notable works: Deutschstunde

About Siegfried Lenz

Siegfried Lenz was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth. He won the 2010 International Nonino Prize in Italy.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Siegfried Lenz

One never comes into embarrassment, if one is ready to balance. To ask oneself never in embarrassment, what have you in these…

Balance

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I read what I write over and over and make corrections and improvements, until I reach the conclusion that the material deserves…

Books

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Sometimes, it is precisely when you discover that you are living very happily that you suddenly find yourself in danger. To be…

Be happy

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Every story I write starts with a dilemma or a theme. Once I am convinced that this is the issue that is…

Am

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I sit in my room at my desk, looking out the window to the yard and waiting for a plot to come…

Come

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