Karl Dedecius

Karl Dedecius (20 May 1921 – 26 February 2016) was a Polish-born German translator. He translated works of Polish and Russian literature.Übersetzer Karl Dedecius 94-jährig verstorben  He was born in Łódź, Poland. In 1959, he published his first anthology, Lektion der Stille (Lesson of Silence). In 1980, he founded the German Poland Institute in Darmstadt. He served as director from 1980 through 1997.

Dedecius died in Frankfurt on 26 February 2016. He was aged 94.

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 Marion Gräfin Dönhoff, „Beheimatet in Polen und Deutschland. Aus einer Laudatio auf Karl Dedecius...“, DIE ZEIT 11/1986 
 Marion Gräfin Dönhoff, „Mittler zwischen schwierigen Nachbarn“, DIE ZEIT 04/2002 
 Karl-Dedecius-Archiv im Collegium Polonicum 
 Deutsches Polen-Institut, Darmstadt
 Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels 

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Category:Writers from Hesse
Category:Writers from Łódź
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