Editing Jurek Becker (section)

{{short description|German writer, film-author and GDR dissident (1937–1997)}}
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| image         = Jurek Becker 2.jpg
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| caption       = Becker in 1993
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| birth_date     = {{c.}} {{birth date|1937|9|30|df=y}} 
| birth_place    = [[Łódź]], [[Łódź Voivodeship (1919–1939)|Łódź Voivodeship]], Poland
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1997|3|14|1937|9|30|df=y}}
| death_place    = {{ill|Sieseby|de}} ([[Thumby, Schleswig-Holstein|Thumby]]), [[Schleswig-Holstein]], Germany
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| language      = German
| nationality   = German
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| notableworks  = ''[[Jacob the Liar]]''
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'''Jurek Becker''' ({{IPA|de|ˈjuːʁɛk ˈbɛkɐ|lang|De-Jurek Becker.ogg}}; {{c.|30 September 1937}} – 14 March 1997) was a Polish-born German writer, screenwriter and [[East Germany|East German]] dissident. His most famous novel is ''[[Jacob the Liar]]'', which has been made into two films. He lived in [[Łódź]] during [[World War II]] for about two years and survived the [[Holocaust]].