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Christa Wolf
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Person

Christa Wolf

1929 – 2011 · aged 82

German novelist and essayist (1929–2011)

Born
18 Mar 1929 · Gorzów Wielkopolski
Died
1 Dec 2011 · Berlin
Part ofPoland967 CE – todayEast Germany1876 – 1990

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 94 years
  1. 18 Mar 1929BornBorn in Gorzów Wielkopolski
  2. 1963AwardHeinrich Mann Prize
  3. 1964AwardNational Prize of East Germany
  4. 1978AwardLiteraturpreis der Stadt Bremen
  5. 1980AwardGeorg Büchner Prize
  6. 1983AwardFranz Nabl Prize
  7. 1983AwardSchiller Memorial Prize
  8. 1984AwardAustrian State Prize for European Literature
  9. 1987AwardGeschwister-Scholl-Preis
  10. 1990AwardHonorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
  11. 1999AwardNelly Sachs Prize
  12. 1999AwardSamuel Bogumil Linde Prize
  13. 2000AwardElisabeth Langgässer Literature Award
  14. 1 Dec 2011DiedDied in Berlin

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1929 – 2011).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Christa Wolf (German: [ˈkʁɪs.ta vɔlf] ; née Ihlenfeld; 18 March 1929 – 1 December 2011) was a German novelist and essayist. She is considered one of the most important writers to emerge from the former East Germany.

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