Heinrich Mann Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (1963) Winner
Christa Wolf
クリスタ・ヴォルフ
Kurisuta Worumu
Aliases:
Christa Ihlenfeld
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1929-03-18 （Landsberg an der Warthe）
- Died
- 2011-12-01 （Berlin） age 82
- Nationality
- German
- Languages
- German
- Residence History
- Mecklenburg → Berlin
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Essayist, Editor, Literary critic
- Active Years
- 1961-2011
- Affiliations
- German Writers' Union
- Memberships
- Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Jena | — | Faculty of Literature | — | — | Germany |
University of Jena
Faculty of Literature
Country:
Germany
Studied literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Heinrich Mann Prize | — | — | Akademie der Künste | 受賞 |
| 1980 | Georg Büchner Prize | — | — | Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Schiller Memorial Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1987 | Geschwister-Scholl-Preis | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Elisabeth Langgässer Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Nelly Sachs Literature Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Deutscher Bücherpreis | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Großer Literaturpreis der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Heinrich Mann Prize
1963
Organization:
Akademie der Künste
Result:
受賞
Georg Büchner Prize
1980
Organization:
Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
Result:
受賞
Schiller Memorial Prize
1983
Result:
受賞
Geschwister-Scholl-Preis
1987
Result:
受賞
Elisabeth Langgässer Prize
1999
Result:
受賞
Nelly Sachs Literature Prize
1999
Result:
受賞
Deutscher Bücherpreis
2002
Result:
受賞
Großer Literaturpreis der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste
2010
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Heinrich Heine Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1964) Winner
Georg Büchner Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 55 (1980) Winner
Schiller Memorial Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 11 (1983) Winner
Austrian State Prize for European Literature
1 appearances
-
Edition 19 (1984) Winner
Nelly Sachs Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 20 (1999) Winner
Works
Major Works
Der geteilte Himmel
1963 NovelA novel about the division of Germany.
German divisionFeminism
Translations
- They Divided the Sky
Bibliography
- Moskauer Novelle (1961)
- Divided Heaven (1963)
- The Quest for Christa T. (1968)
- Patterns of Childhood (1976)
- No Place on Earth (1979)
- Cassandra (1983)
- Accident (1987)
- What Remains (1990)
- Medea (1996)
- In the Flesh (2002)
- City of Angels or The Overcoat of Dr. Freud (2010)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- IntrospectiveFeminist
- Recurring Motifs
- IllnessNazismSelf-discovery
Legacy
One of the most important writers from East Germany, known for works on feminism, socialism, and personal introspection.
Trivia
- Worked as a Stasi informant from 1959-1961.
- Buried in Dorotheenstadt cemetery in Berlin, designated as an Ehrengrab.