Poetic Obituaries: "Ulrich Plenzdorf was an exact observer

of social realities and had a keen sense of attitudes to life, of the young especially," the Academy said in the statement issued from Berlin. "With a mixture of poetry and sarcasm, he became an irreplaceable author for many readers and cinemagoers."

from Bloomberg: Plenzdorf, Author of `New Sufferings of Young W.,' Dies at 72

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