Writing · Writer · Novel · Lyricist
Active 1950–present · Awards: National Prize of East Germany, Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver, International Stalin Prize for Peace, Honorary doctor of the Humboldt University of Berlin
Johannes Robert Becher was a German politician, novelist, and poet. He was affiliated with the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) before World War II. He was part of the literary avant-garde, writing in an expressionist style.