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Christa Reinig

German poet and author, active in East Germany and then in West Germany (1926-2008) · Germany · On the map · Writers · Died at 82

Christa Reinig was a German poet, fiction and non-fiction writer, and dramatist. She began her career in the Soviet occupation zone which became East Berlin, was banned there, after publishing in West Germany, and moved to the West in 1964, settling in Munich. She was openly lesbian.

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2008Died30 September 20081999Literaturpreis des Landes BrandenburgAward1984Preis der SWR-BestenlisteAward1969Toucan PrizeAward1964Literaturpreis der Stadt BremenAward1926Born6 August 1926

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