Wolfgang Arthur Reinhold Koeppen was a German novelist and one of the best known German authors of the postwar period.
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11 Facts About Wolfgang Koeppen
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Wolfgang Koeppen did not have contact with his father, ophthalmologist Reinhold Halben, who never formally accepted the fatherhood.
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Wolfgang Koeppen returned to Greifswald after World War I, working as a delivery boy for a book dealer.
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Finally in 1920, Wolfgang Koeppen left Greifswald permanently, and after 20 years of moving about, settled in Munich, living there the remainder of his life.
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Wolfgang Koeppen's wife died in 1984, and he died in a nursing home in Munich in 1996.
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In remembrance of the author and to archive his literary achievements and personal belongings, the Wolfgang Koeppen Foundation was founded upon the initiative of fellow authors Gunter Grass and Peter Ruhmkorf in Greifswald in 2000.
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Several early Wolfgang Koeppen stories were published in left-leaning magazines, such as Die Rote Fahne.
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In 1951, Wolfgang Koeppen published his novel Tauben im Gras, which used a stream of consciousness technique.
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Wolfgang Koeppen escaped to an Arab country whose military he is trying to build up.
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Wolfgang Koeppen is in Rome to buy weapons and to meet members of his family, including his wife Eva.
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Between 1962 and 1987, Wolfgang Koeppen received numerous literary prizes in the Federal Republic of Germany.
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