Career
He co-founded the Bensberger Kreis, and was co-editor of the Frankfurter Hefte. With other writers such as Eugen Kogon in the Frankfurter Hefte, he articulated the opposition to rearmament. The Walter Dirks Prize has been awarded to, among others, Rita Süssmuth, Rupert Neudeck, and Wolfgang Thierse.
Walter-Dirks-Straße (1029337).