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234 pages, Hardcover
First published March 31, 2005
About the author
Helga M. Novak
23 books2 followersHelga M. Novak (pseudonym for Maria Karlsdottir) was a German-Icelandic writer.
Novak was born in Berlin. She grew up in East Germany, studied journalism and philosophy at the University of Leipzig.
She moved to Iceland in 1961, where she married and had two children before her divorce.
She traveled to Spain, France, and the U.S., before returning to East Germany. When her citizenship was revoked for writing and publishing critical texts, she moved between Iceland, Germany and Bulgaria. She was an informer ("inoffizieller Mitarbeiter") for the East German Stasi.
Novak died in 2013.
Novak was born in Berlin. She grew up in East Germany, studied journalism and philosophy at the University of Leipzig.
She moved to Iceland in 1961, where she married and had two children before her divorce.
She traveled to Spain, France, and the U.S., before returning to East Germany. When her citizenship was revoked for writing and publishing critical texts, she moved between Iceland, Germany and Bulgaria. She was an informer ("inoffizieller Mitarbeiter") for the East German Stasi.
Novak died in 2013.
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