1March, 92617th, SiegfriedLenz was born in Luc, East Puxi-now located in Mazuri, Poland. After his father died young, 6-year-old Lentz grew up under the care of his grandmother. Like Gunter grass, he joined the Hitler Youth League during World War II when he was only 13 years old. 1943, 17-year-old lenz joined the german navy, deserted before the end of the war, was captured by the British army, and was sent to sch, Germany. After the war, Lenz studied literature and philosophy in Hamburg. 1950, at the age of 24, Lenz began to be the supplement editor of the German newspaper Le Monde. His job is to revise the manuscript-to revise other people's serial novels. Because of this job, he began to write by himself, and finished his debut novella "There is a Goshawk in the Air" at 195 1, and began to be serialized in Le Monde. The Chinese version of this novel has just been published by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House and scholars in 1999. Lentz's first writing did not write about the World War II he was familiar with, but focused on the Finnish civil war before the end of World War I. The hero of the novel, Stanka, was a victim of ethnic division and a teacher persecuted by the new government. He escaped from prison and fled to Ivan Peko village on the border between Russia and Finland to find friends, but in the end he fell into the hands of a tracker dramatically. Lentz's first novel caught the attention of critics. This book won the Renee Hickler Award of 1952, and DPA commented that the young writer was like a "goshawk who broke into the German literary world".

The most popular work of Lentz in his early days is My Village is so affectionate, which was published in 1955. This is a humorous and gentle love letter that Lentz wrote to his new wife at that time. He wrote twenty stories about his hometown. The Chinese version of My Village is so affectionate was previously published by Nanjing University Press. In this collection of local novels, he wrote the village where he lived when he was young in simple and vivid language. The scene of the story revolves around the livestock, barns, farmhouses and pubs in the village. The protagonists of the story are all ordinary people living here. At that time, the circulation of this novel in Germany exceeded 6.5438+0.6 million copies.

The first 65,438+00 years of writing was the peak of Lentz's creation. He also published Duel with Shadow (65,438+0953), Man in Riptide (65,438+0957), Bread and Movement (65,438+0958) and Silent Moment. 1963, luntz published the storm in the city. The young writer who experienced World War II raised the question of war guilt and expressed the author's reflection on the past wars. The most successful book on war reflection is German Course published in 1968.

1March, 92617th, SiegfriedLenz was born in Luc, Mazzulli, East Ports. He joined the Hitler Youth League, enlisted on the eve of the war, and fled to Denmark when the Nazi army collapsed. After the war, I studied English literature, German literature and philosophy in Hamburg. Le Monde Supplement Editor 65438 to 0950. I have been a professional writer since 195 1. Lentz advocated reform in politics, endorsed the Social Democratic Party program, advocated that art should serve morality in art, and opposed writers' divorce from social reality. His early works were influenced by Hemingway and others. 195 1 The first novel is Birds in the Air. The famous German course, published in 1968, is one of the most popular novels in postwar West Germany. The novel is set in the background that the painter Emile Hansen was forbidden to paint during Nazi rule, which attracted public attention. Other important novels of Lentz include Dueling with Shadow (1953), Man in Riptide (1957), Bread and Competition (1958) and Silent Moment. The Storm in the City, published by 1963, puts forward the question of war guilt and expresses the author's reflection on past wars. He also writes plays and radio plays.

His masterpiece "German Course" ranks among the top 50 novels in the world and is the designated reading for German middle school students. Every book in the history of German literature is recognized as a must-read. His recent works include Teenager, Silent Sea and Lost and Found.