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Anna Seghers was a German writer who lived from 1900 to 1983 and is remembered as an important literary figure of the twentieth century. She is significant for her novels and stories that often explored themes of social justice and human resilience during periods of historical upheaval.
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- Born
- 19 November 1900
- Died
- 1 June 1983
- Works
- 227
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- הצלב השביעי
- Gesammelte Werke in Einzelausgaben
- Das siebte Kreuz
- Und jeden Tag neun Menschen fragen
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Anna Reiling, known by the pen name Anna Seghers ( German: [ˈana ˈzeːɡɛʁs] , 19 November 1900 – 1 June 1983), was a German writer. She was notable for exploring and depicting the moral experience of the Second World War. Born into a Jewish family and married to a Hungarian Communist, Seghers escaped Nazi-controlled territory through wartime France. She was granted a visa and gained ship's passage to Mexico, where she lived in Mexico City (1941–47).
She returned to Europe after the war, living in West Berlin (1947–50), which was occupied by Allied forces. She eventually settled in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), where she worked on cultural and peace issues. She received numerous awards and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1959, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1972.
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