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3 unusual facts about Uwe Johnson


Uwe Johnson

In 1974, he moved to Sheerness on the English Isle of Sheppey; shortly after, he broke off work on Jahrestage due partly to health problems and partly to writer's block.

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On 27 February 1962 Johnson married Elisabeth Schmidt who later was accused to be in a love affair with the Czech Mozart scholar Tomislav Volek.

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Translator of John Knowles's A Separate Peace (1959) as In diesem Land (1963)



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