Christa Wolf



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Christa Wolf

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born
in Landsberg, Germany
March 18, 1929

died
December 01, 2011

gender
female

genre
Literature & Fiction


About this author

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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Christa Wolf's Books

Average rating: 3.72 · 2,495 ratings · 197 reviews · 74 distinct works · Similar authors
Cassandra: A Novel and Four...
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 803 ratings — published 1983 — 28 editions
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Medea
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 446 ratings — published 1996 — 17 editions
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The Quest for Christa T.
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 1968 — 15 editions
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Der geteilte Himmel
3.37 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 254 ratings — published 1963 — 18 editions
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Patterns of Childhood
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1976 — 11 editions
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Was bleibt
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 1979 — 12 editions
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Accident: A Day's News: A N...
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3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1987 — 15 editions
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No Place on Earth
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 92 ratings — 15 editions
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Stadt der Engel oder The Ov...
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions
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Ein Tag im Jahr
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions
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Quotes by Christa Wolf

“Denn ich ohne Bücher bin nicht ich.”
― Christa Wolf, Lesen Und Schreiben: Neue Sammlung: Essays, Aufsatze, Reden
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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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