Christa Wolf(1929-2011)

Born on 18 March 1929 in Landsberg an der Warthe, then Germany, Christa Wolf is one of the best known authors from the former East Germany. After studying germanistics and literature in Jena and Leipzig, she became an editor for a publishing company, but soon had her breakthrough as a writer with the publishing of "Der geteilte Himmel" (Divided heaven) in 1963. In the following years, she published successful novels, short stories and essays such as "Nachdenken über Christa T." (The Quest for Christa T.) (1969), "Kein Ort. Nirgends" (1979) and "Kassandra" (1983). For her works, she has received several important national and international awards.