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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Hanns-Josef OrtheilAlso won Literaturpreis des Landes BrandenburgMarkus WernerAlso won Preis der SWR-Bestenliste
Ror WolfAlso won Literaturpreis der Stadt BremenHeinz PiontekAlso won Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo
Nicolas BornAlso won Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen
Otto Friedrich WalterAlso won Preis der SWR-BestenlisteAbout this person
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. Her works are marked by black humor, and irony.
Country
GermanyCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2008 · aged 82
Written about in
9 languages
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