Group 47 founded

On 10 September 1947 the new generation writers Hans Werner Richter and Alfred Andersch found the group „Young Literature“ which later becomes famous under the name „Group 47“. Soon this circle of poets will become trend-setting in the intellectual life of the young Federal Republic of Germany. The literary prize which it endows in 1950 will be ardently coveted.

Source: www.literaturbaum.de Famous members of the Group 47 (among others Heinrich Böll, Hans-Magnus Enzensberger, Ingeborg Bachmann, Günter Grass, Peter Handke, Uwe Johnson)