Manfred Osten

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Manfred Osten (born 19 January 1938 in Ludwigslust) is a German poet, author, lawyer, former diplomat and cultural historian.

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Biography

He was born in Ludwigslust in the region of Mecklenburg, which became part of the German Democratic Republic after World War II. He escaped to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1952. In 1969, he earned a doctorate upon the completion of a thesis concerning the concept of natural law in the early writings of Schelling. [1] He then joined the diplomatic service of the Federal Republic of Germany. His career as a diplomat included postings in France, Cameroon, Chad, Australia, Japan, and Hungary. From 1995 to 2004 he was the Secretary-General of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. [2] [3]

He is an honorary Doctor of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the University of Pécs, the University of Bucharest, and the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași. [4] In 1993 he received the Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government. He is in addition a member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz. [5] [6] [7] In 2008 he was admitted to the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. [8] [9]

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References

  1. "Manfred Osten auf suhrkamp.de".
  2. "Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung - Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung". Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. http://www.br-online.de/br-klassik/meine-musik/meine-musik-manfred-osten-diplomat-ID1287828817455.xml%5B%5D
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-11-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.staufen.cn/manfred-osten.html?L=1%5B%5D
  6. "Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities". Archived from the original on 2010-09-28. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
  7. "Literatur, Musik, Wissenschaft : Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | Mainz".
  8. http://www.br-online.de/br-klassik/meine-musik/meine-musik-manfred-osten-diplomat-ID1287828817455.xml%5B%5D
  9. "www.bundespraesident.de: Der Bundespräsident / The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany". Archived from the original on 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2010-11-08.