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Gert Jonke
Austrian writer (1946–2009).
Born February 8th, 1946 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
Died January 4th, 2009 at 62 years old in Vienna (cancer). [ref]
Occupations
playwright, poet, screenwriter, writer
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