Mr. Lenz wrote several dozen novels and books of short stories, and was regularly at the top of best-seller lists in Germany. In 1999 he received the Goethe Prize, awarded every three years.

Lenz wrote the novel in 1951-52, but it was considered too politically provocative to publish at the time. It was only released this year, two years after his death, and became an instant best-seller.

Linda Lenz and her granddaughter, Ellen Lenz, just returned from a 13-day trip to Mannheim, Germany. While there, they visited Ellen's sister, Jasmin McKenna, who is a Study Abroad Program in ...

Lenz wrote the novel in 1951-52 but it was considered too politically provocative to publish at the time. It was only released this year, two years after his death, and became an instant bestseller.

Irish writer Claire Keegan was on Friday awarded Germany's prestigious Siegfried Lenz Prize 2024, endowed with €50,000 ($54,854), at Hamburg City Hall. The jury described 56-year-old Keegan as ...

Siegfried Lenz , a German writer acclaimed for novels and stories that frankly explored his country's role in the rise of Nazism, died on Tuesday in Hamburg, Germany. He was 88. His death was annou… ...