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W. G. Sebald

Winfried Georg Sebald was a German writer and academic. At the time of his death at the age of 57, he was being cited by many literary critics as one of the greatest living authors and had been tipped as a possible future winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. In a 2007 interview, Horace Engdahl, former secretary of the Swedish Academy, mentioned Sebald, Ryszard Kapuściński and Jacques Derrida as three recently deceased writers who would have been worthy laureates. (Source.)

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German writer and academic (1944-2001)

Born 18 May 1944
Died 14 December 2001

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German writer and academic (1944-2001)

Born 18 May 1944
Died 14 December 2001

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