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Eva Strittmatter (née Braun; 8 February 1930 – 3 January 2011) was a German writer of poetry, prose, and children's literature.
Her books of poems sold millions of copies, reportedly making her the most successful German poet of the second half of the 20th century.Irmtraud Gutschke, Eva Strittmatter - Leib und Leben
br-online.de; accessed 7 March 2015.
aufbauverlag.de; accessed 7 March 2015. She married in 1950 and had a son, but soon she was divorced. Since 1954 she worked as a freelance writer. She met
Rezension
* Leonore Krenzlin, Bernd-Rainer Barth:
Strittmatter, Eva
'. In: '' Wer war wer in der DDR?'' 5. Ausgabe. Band 2, Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, . * Beatrix M. Brockman: ''Nur fliegend fängt man Worte ein. Eva Strittmatters Poetik.'' Peter Lang, Oxford 2013. {{DEFAULTSORT:Strittmatter, Eva 1930 births 2011 deaths People from Neuruppin Writers from the Province of Brandenburg German children's writers German women children's writers East German writers East German women Writers from Brandenburg German women poets 20th-century German poets 20th-century German women writers Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany
Eva Strittmatter (née Braun; 8 February 1930 – 3 January 2011) was a German writer of poetry, prose, and children's literature.
Her books of poems sold millions of copies, reportedly making her the most successful German poet of the second half of the 20th century.Irmtraud Gutschke, Eva Strittmatter - Leib und Lebenbr-online.de; accessed 7 March 2015.
Life
From 1947-51, she studiedGerman
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and Romance studies
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as well as Pedagogy
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at the Humboldt University of Berlin
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.Biographyaufbauverlag.de; accessed 7 March 2015. She married in 1950 and had a son, but soon she was divorced. Since 1954 she worked as a freelance writer. She met
Erwin Strittmatter
Erwin Strittmatter (14 August 1912 – 31 January 1994) was a German writer. Strittmatter was one of the most famous writers in the GDR.
Biography
Strittmatter was born the son of a baker and foods wholesaler. Between 1924 and 1930 he attended ...
(1912–1994). They married in 1956 and had three sons, among them actor and writer Erwin Berner (born 1953). The marriage with Erwin Strittmatter enabled her to relinquish her maiden name, Eva Braun.
The marriage to Strittmatter initially overshadowed her own work as a writer, which did not unfold until she reached the age of 40. Following her husband's death in 1994, Strittmatter edited works from his estate.
Awards and honours
Strittmatter was awarded the Heinrich Heine prize of the Ministry for culture of the GDR in 1975.Works
Poetry
* ''Ich mach ein Lied aus Stille'', 1973 * ''Mondschnee liegt auf den Wiesen'', 1975 * ''Die eine Rose überwältigt alles'', 1977 * ''Zwiegespräch'', 1980 * ''Heliotrop'', 1983 * ''Atem'', 1988 * ''Unterm wechselnden Licht'', 1990 * ''Der Schöne'' (''Obsession''), 1997 * ''Liebe und Hass. Die geheimen Gedichte. 1970-1990'', 2002 * ''Der Winter nach der schlimmen Liebe. Gedichte 1996/1997'', 2005 * ''Landschaft'', 2005Prose
* ''Briefe aus Schulzenhof I'', 1977 * ''Poesie und andere Nebendinge'', 1983 * ''Mai in Piestàny'', 1986 * ''Briefe aus Schulzenhof II'', 1990 * ''Briefe aus Schulzenhof III'', 1995 * ''Du liebes Grün. Ein Garten- und Jahreszeitenbuch'', 2000Children's books
* ''Brüderchen Vierbein'', 1958 * ''Vom Kater der ein Mensch sein wollte'', 1959 * ''Ich schwing mich auf die Schaukel'', 1975References
Sources
* Rengha Rodewill: ''Zwischenspiel – Lyrik, Fotografie''. Together with Eva Strittmatter. Plöttner Verlag,Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...
2010,
* Irmtraud Gutschke: ''Eva Strittmatter: Leib und Leben.'' Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2008.Rezension
* Leonore Krenzlin, Bernd-Rainer Barth:
Strittmatter, Eva
'. In: '' Wer war wer in der DDR?'' 5. Ausgabe. Band 2, Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, . * Beatrix M. Brockman: ''Nur fliegend fängt man Worte ein. Eva Strittmatters Poetik.'' Peter Lang, Oxford 2013. {{DEFAULTSORT:Strittmatter, Eva 1930 births 2011 deaths People from Neuruppin Writers from the Province of Brandenburg German children's writers German women children's writers East German writers East German women Writers from Brandenburg German women poets 20th-century German poets 20th-century German women writers Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany