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Jurek Becker (German: [ˈjuːʁɛk ˈbɛkɐ] ⓘ; c. 30 September 1937 – 14 March 1997) was a Polish-born German writer, screenwriter and East German dissident. His most famous novel is Jacob the Liar , which has been made into two films.
Jurek Becker (eigentlich Georg Becker, * vermutlich 30. September 1937 in Łódź , Polen als Jerzy Bekker [ 1 ] ; † 14. März 1997 in Sieseby , Schleswig-Holstein ) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller , Drehbuchautor und DDR - Dissident .
Oct 8, 2018 · Hope as the elixir of life: Jurek Becker's novel about the life of Jews in a ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland is gripping and melancholic, but also full of humor. It's a story of the...
German novelist. Examine the life, times, and work of Jurek Becker through detailed author biographies on eNotes.
Jacob the Liar is a 1969 novel written by the East German Jewish author Jurek Becker. The German original title is Jakob der Lügner (pronounced [ˈjaːkɔp deːɐ̯ ˈlyːɡnɐ] ⓘ). Becker was awarded the Heinrich-Mann Prize (1971) and the Charles Veillon Prize (1971) after the publication of his bestseller.
Jurek Becker was born on 30 September 1937 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. He was a writer and actor, known for Liebling Kreuzberg (1986), Neuner (1990) and Jacob the Liar (1974). He died on 14 March 1997 in Sieseby, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Jurek Becker. Arcade Publishing, 1996 - Fiction - 244 pages. Acclaimed as the most remarkable novel of the Holocaust ever written in Germany, Jacob the Liar breaks with the genre's tradition of...
Jurek Becker, the author of the first comic novel on the Holocaust, Jacob the Liar, and other highly acclaimed works, was one of West Germany’s most famous exiles from the GDR.
Mar 14, 1997 · Jurek Becker (probably September 30, 1937 – March 14, 1997) was a Polish-born German writer, film-author and GDR dissident. His most famous novel is Jacob the Liar, which has been made into two films. He lived in Łódź during World War II for about two years and survived the Holocaust.
Jurek Becker's oeuvre and biography uniquely document Germany's coming-to-terms with the Holocaust. In particular, Becker's perspective gives us insight into the life stories of its survivors.
