Moosdorf, Johanna (1911–2000)
Moosdorf, Johanna (1911–2000)
German poet and novelist. Born July 12, 1911, in Leipzig, Germany; died June 21, 2000; m. Paul Bernstein (writer), 1932 (died 1944).
Husband died in Auschwitz; moved to West Berlin from East Germany (1950); works, which deal with fascism and position of women in male-dominated society, include Brennendes Leben (1947), Flucht nach Afrika (1952, trans. as Flight to Africa), Die Nachtigallen schlagen im Schnee (1953), Nebenan (1961, trans. as Next Door), Die Andermanns (1969) and Die Freundinnen (1977).
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