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27: 605: 617: 184:, he did casual work as a librarian and a factory hand. He arranged also for his mother to leave Nazi-occupied Austria, as well as helping many other Jews to come to the UK. He joined Young Austria, a left-wing emigrant youth movement, but left in 1943 in protest of its growing 1505: 202:
in 1951. He divorced Maria in 1952. In the same year, he married Nan Spence Eichner, with whom he had two children; David (born 1958) and Katherine (born 1961). From 1952 to 1968, he worked as a political commentator for the
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parents Nelly and Hugo Fried in Vienna, he was a child actor and from an early age wrote political essays and poetry. He fled to London after his father was murdered by the Gestapo after the
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tendencies. In 1944, he married Maria Marburg, shortly before the birth of his son Hans. During the same year, his first volume of poetry was published. He separated from Maria in 1946.
1510: 649: 134:(6 May 1921 – 22 November 1988) was an Austrian-born poet, writer, and translator. He initially became known to a broader public in both Germany and Austria for his 234:
movement and support for left-wing causes. His work was mainly published in the West, but in 1969, a selection of his poetry was published in the GDR poetry series
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In 1982, he regained his Austrian nationality, though he also retained the British nationality he had adopted in 1949. He died of intestinal cancer in
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wrote of him that 'Mr.Fried's contribution to the Soviet Zone programme is probably the most valuable single one we have'. He translated works by
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He published several volumes of poetry as well as radio plays and a novel. His work was sometimes controversial, including attacks on the
1515: 484:(1983), translated by Stuart Hood. London: Calder Publication Limited Riverrun Press 1991. New, revised edition Alma Classics Ltd, 2011 223:. In 1962, he returned to Vienna for the first time. Erich and Nan divorced in 1965. In 1965, he married for a third time, wedding 124: 110: 635: 48: 157:
in 1938. He settled in London and adopted British nationality in 1949. His first official visit back to Vienna was in 1962.
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Oliver, Emily (3 July 2019). "A Voice for East Germany: Developing the BBC German Service's East Zone Programme".
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with whom he had three children; Petra (born 1965), Klaus, and Thomas (born 1969).
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There are as well translations of single poems in different anthologies.
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