Writing · Novel · Writer · Screenplay
Born Mar 18, 1929
Active 1964–2011 · Awards: Georg Büchner Prize, Geschwister-Scholl-Preis, National Prize of East Germany, Schiller Memorial Prize, Heinrich Mann Prize, Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize, Nelly Sachs Prize, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
Christa Wolf was a German novelist and essayist. She is considered one of the most important writers to emerge from the former East Germany.