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Jurek Becker ( German: [ˈjuː.ʁɛk ˈbɛ.kɐ] ⓘ, probably 30 September 1937 – 14 March 1997) was a Polish-born German writer, screenwriter and East German dissident. His most famous novel is Jacob the Liar, which has been made into two films.
Jurek Becker (eigentlich Georg Becker, * vermutlich 30. September 1937 in Łódź, Polen als Jerzy Bekker [1]; † 14. März 1997 in Sieseby, Schleswig-Holstein) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Drehbuchautor und DDR - Dissident .
Jacob the Liar is a 1969 novel written by the East German Jewish author Jurek Becker. The German original title is Jakob der Lügner (pronounced [ˈjaːkɔp deːɐ̯ ˈlyːɡnɐ] ⓘ). Becker was awarded the Heinrich-Mann Prize (1971) and the Charles Veillon Prize (1971) after the publication of his bestseller.
- Jurek Becker, Leila Vennewitz
- 1969
Mar 24, 1997 · Jurek Becker, a Polish-born author who survived Nazi concentration camps to write ''Jacob the Liar'' and other award-winning books in German, died of cancer on March 14 at a Frankfurt...
Jurek Becker, the author of the first comic novel on the Holocaust, Jacob the Liar, and other highly acclaimed works, was one of West Germany’s most famous exiles from the GDR.
Jurek Becker was a German writer of Polish origin who survived the Holocaust and wrote novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. He is best known for his novel Jakob der Lügner, which was adapted into a film in 1999.
Many of Becker's novels, short stories and scripts for television and cinema productions focus on explorations of Jewish identity. His novel Jacob the Liar —published in 1969 and translated into twenty languages—established his reputation worldwide.
