Herbert Nachbar

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Herbert Nachbar (12 February 193025 May 1980) was a German writer resident in the German Democratic Republic.

Nachbar was born as the son of a fisherman in Greifswald, Province of Pomerania. From 1950 till 1957 he studied medicine in East Berlin. His first novel "Der Mond hat einen Hof" was awarded the Heinrich-Mann-Preis in 1957. He died in East Berlin in 1980.