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Walter Dirks

German journalist (1901-1991)
Person human Q95445

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
January 8, 1901
Date of death
May 30, 1991
Place of birth
Dortmund
Place of death
Wittnau
Country of citizenship
Germany[9]
Occupation
journalist, politician, writer, opinion journalist
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[15]
Award received
Geschwister-Scholl-Preis, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia, Reinhold Schneider Prize, Wilhelm Leuschner Medal[10][11][12][13][14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[21]
Archives at
Archive of Social Democracy[17]
Described by source
NDB-online[20]
Family name
Dirks[18]
Given name
Walter[19]
P14536
390358[22]
P14927
118525956[23]
🏷️ Also known as
en Walter Dirks
🔖 Identifiers · 41
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
64004695
Library of Congress authority ID
n81099210
GND ID
118525956
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Freiburg im Breisgau Verleihung des Reinhold-Schneider-Preises an Walter Dirks, Nina Gladitz und Peter Krieg (mit Rolf Böhme) - W140Nr.16905 - Marlis Decker (cropped).jpg ↗
Angelicum ID
191998
ArchINFORM person/group ID
105700
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11900258q
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
dirks-walter
DDB person (GND) ID
118525956
DFK Paris person ID
0008536469
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118525956
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FAST ID
78548
FID performing arts ID
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Frankfurter Personenlexikon ID
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Freebase ID
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Hessian Biography person (GND) ID
17250
IdRef ID
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IxTheo authority ID
147085217
KBR person ID
14167175
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118525956
Kallías ID
PE00047610
Lexikon Westfälischer Autorinnen und Autoren person ID
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Munzinger person ID
00000003824
NL CR AUT ID
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NLP ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007260556305171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810544106505606
National Virtual Library of India ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069461031
PM20 folder ID
pe/004052
Parsifal cluster ID
35569
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
23257
Prabook ID
1778640
RedBA Granada authority ID
56061
SBN author ID
SBLV056955
SHARE Catalogue author ID
267129
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/365145
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/bc0a4877-9379-4708-b1e0-8caf9190a3be

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🔗 Connections
Award received 3
Geschwister-Scholl-Preis, Reinhold Schneider Prize, State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia
Occupation 3
writer, politician, journalist
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Given name 1
Walter
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Place of birth 1
Dortmund
Place of death 1
Wittnau
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Walter Dirks was born on January 8, 1901[1], in Dortmund[2]. He died on May 30, 1991[3], in Wittnau[4]. He worked as a journalist[5], politician[6], writer[7], and opinion journalist[8].

FAQs

Where was Walter Dirks born?

Walter Dirks's place of birth was Dortmund[2].

Where did Walter Dirks die?

Walter Dirks passed away in Wittnau[4].

What did Walter Dirks do for work?

Walter Dirks worked as a journalist[5], politician[6], writer[7], and opinion journalist[8].

What awards did Walter Dirks receive?

Honors received include Geschwister-Scholl-Preis[10], Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[11], State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia[12], and Reinhold Schneider Prize[13].

Related Entities

Germany

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . kalliope-verbund.info. kalliope-verbund.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → journalist, politician, writer +1
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  7. 26w ago · Arch2bot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Religion or worldview → Catholic Church
    Award received → Geschwister-Scholl-Preis, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia +2
    Citizenship → —
    Occupation → journalist, politician, writer +1
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