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Also Known As Christa Margarete Ihlenfeld
Born March 18, 1929 • Gorzów Wielkopolski • Poland
Died December 1, 2011 (aged 82) • Berlin • Germany
Notable Works “Divided Heaven” • “Moskauer Novelle” • “The Quest for Christa T.” • “What Remains”

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Günter Grass
Günter Grass
German writer
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
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Peter Weiss
German writer
Carl Zuckmayer.
Carl Zuckmayer
German playwright
Jakob Wassermann
Jakob Wassermann
German author
Sudermann, detail of an oil painting by Max Slevogt, 1927; in the National Gallery, Berlin
Hermann Sudermann
German writer
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Leonhard Frank
German writer
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Else Lasker-Schüler
German author
Hippel, engraving by J.F. Bolt
Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel
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Marie Luise Kaschnitz
German author
Paul Ernst
Paul Ernst
German writer
Franz Ferdinand, Freiherr von Dingelstedt, engraving by A. Weger after a photograph.
Franz Ferdinand, count von Dingelstedt
German writer and producer
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Karl May
German author
Frenssen, 1933
Gustav Frenssen
German novelist
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Karl von Holtei
German author
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Karl Philipp Moritz
German novelist
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Gustav Falke
German author
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
German-language writer
Canetti
Elias Canetti
Bulgarian-born writer