Group 47

Literary group of German writers

Entityliterary societyQ732018

Also known as Gruppe 47

Instance of: literary society
Country: West Germany
Founded: September 6, 1947

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Gruppe 47 was a group of participants in German writers' meetings, invited by Hans Werner Richter between 1947 and 1967. The meetings served the dual goals of literary criticism as well as the promotion of young, unknown authors. In a democratic vote titled "Preis der Gruppe 47", it elevated many who were beginning their writing careers. Group 47 had no organizational form, no fixed membership list, and no literary program, but was strongly influenced by Richter's invitations.

Overview

All data

43 statements · 14% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Founded by: Alfred Andersch
Wolfgang Bächler
Heinz Friedrich
Walter Maria Guggenheimer
Walter Kolbenhoff
Friedrich Minssen
Nicolaus Sombart
Dissolved: 1972
Formed in: Allgäu
Members have occupation: writer
Native label: Gruppe 47

On other databases

30 identifiers linking Group 47 across the web's reference databases

Data quality

statements

14%

externally sourced

Source last edited April 6, 2026. AIDb refreshes this page daily.

Suggest a fact or correction

Links

Use this data

curl https://aidb.si/api/v1/entities/Q732018

API docs, limits & keys

Cite this page

AIDb. (2026). Group 47 (Q732018). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/group-47-Q732018