Christa Wolf

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born

March 18, 1929 in Landsberg, Germany

died

December 01, 2011

gender

female

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Literature & Fiction

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A citizen of East Germany and a committed socialist, Mrs. Wolf managed to keep a critical distance from the communist regime. Her best-known novels included “Der geteilte Himmel” (“Divided Heaven,” 1963), addressing the divisions of Germany, and “Kassandra” (“Cassandra,” 1983), which depicted the Trojan War.

She won awards in East Germany and West Germany for her work, including the Thomas Mann Prize in 2010. The jury praised her life’s work for “critically questioning the hopes and errors of her time, and portraying them with deep moral seriousness and narrative power.”

Christa Ihlenfeld was born March 18, 1929, in Landsberg an der Warthe, a part of Germany that is now in Poland. She moved to East Germany in 1945 and joined the Socialist Uni...more

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Average rating: 3.70 · 1,500 ratings · 132 reviews · 54 distinct works

	Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays by Christa Wolf, Jan van Heurck (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 1983 — 26 editions	My rating:
	Medea 3.72 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 1996 — 16 editions	My rating:
	The Quest for Christa T. by Christa Wolf, Christopher Middleton 3.65 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 1968 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Der geteilte Himmel 3.45 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1963 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Patterns of Childhood by Christa Wolf, Ursule Molinaro (Translator), Hedwig Rappolt (Translator) 4.17 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1976 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Was bleibt 3.36 avg rating — 67 ratings — 10 editions	My rating:
	Accident: A Day's News: A Novel by Christa Wolf, Heike Schwarzbauer (Translator), Rick Takvorian (Translator) 3.40 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1987 — 14 editions	My rating:
	No Place on Earth by Christa Wolf, Jan van Heurck (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 56 ratings — 15 editions	My rating:
	Ein Tag im Jahr 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Leibhaftig 3.58 avg rating — 24 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:

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“Wir können, was wir sehen, noch nicht glauben. Was wir schon glauben, nicht aussprechen.”
― Christa Wolf, Voraussetzungen einer Erzählung: Kassandra: Frankfurter Poetik-Vorlesungen

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“Dammi un bacio" disse Rita. Stranamente commosso, Manfred avvolse il suo viso con le sue grandi mani calde e la baciò. "Stiamo bene insieme, noi due" disse lei piano, mentre si guardavano. "Le tue mani sono proprio fatte per me. E anche la bocca.”
― Christa Wolf, Der geteilte Himmel

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“Manfred sapeva assai bene che esiste una sorta di bravura che lascia del tutto fredda la persona in gamba.”
― Christa Wolf, Der geteilte Himmel

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