Reimann, Brigitte (1933–1973)
Reimann, Brigitte (1933–1973)
East German novelist. Born July 21, 1933, in Burg, East Germany; died of cancer, Feb 20, 1973, in Berlin, Germany; dau. of Willi Reimann and Elisabeth Reimann; m. 2nd husband Siegfried Pitschmann (writer).
Worked as teacher, bookseller, and reporter; came to prominence with Die Geschwister, for which she received the Heinrich Mann Prize (1965); spent 10 years on the novel, Franziska Linkerhand, which was published the year after her death (1974); her diaries, Ich bedaure nichts (I Regret Nothing, 1997) and Alles schmeckt nach Abschied (Everything Tastes of Goodbye, 1998), were bestsellers.
More From encyclopedia.com
Angela Merkel , Merkel, Angela
Angela Merkel (born 1954) became the first woman ever to lead Germany as chancellor. Merkel and the party she chairs, the Christian De… Helmut Kohl , Ludwigshafen, Germany
German chancellor
H elmut Kohl became the chancellor of West Germany in the early 1980s. After West Germany and East Germany re… Willy Brandt , Willy Brandt
The German statesman Willy Brandt (1913-1992) became the first Socialist chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany,… Konrad Adenauer , Born January 5, 1876
Cologne, Germany
Rhoendorf, West Germany
West German chancellor
K onrad Adenauer was the first chancellor of West Germany, offic… Berlin Wall , █ DAVID TULLOCH
In the early hours of August 13, 1961, the border crossings between the eastern Soviet Occupied Zone of Berlin and the western Americ… Gunter Grass , Grass, Günter
Günter Grass
BORN: 1927, Free City of Danzig, Poland
NATIONALITY: German
GENRE: Poetry, fiction, drama, nonfiction
MAJOR WORKS:
The Tin…
About this article
Reimann, Brigitte (1933–1973)
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Reimann, Brigitte (1933–1973)