Walter Janka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walter Janka

1914-1994, German author and publisher

Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1914

Place of Birth: Chemnitz, Germany

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1994

Profession: playwright, publisher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Walter Janka (born in Chemnitz 29 April 1914, died in Kleinmachnow 17 March 1994) was a German communist, political activist and writer who became a publisher.Janka is notable for having spent time incarcerated as a political prisoner under the rule of the Nazis and later imprisoned under suspicion of counter-revolutionary activities by the Supreme Court of East Germany, in both cases serving most of his sentence at Bautzen prison.