Writing · Screenstory · Short Story · Writer
Born Jan 15, 1922 · Rokytnice nad Jizerou, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Active 1957–1984 · Awards: Geschwister-Scholl-Preis, National Prize of East Germany, Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze, Heinrich Mann Prize, Lion-Feuchtwanger-Preis, Preis der SWR-Bestenliste
Franz Fühmann was a German writer who lived and worked in East Germany. He wrote in a variety of formats, including short stories, essays, screenplays and children's books. Influenced by Nazism in his youth, he later embraced socialism.