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One Day a Year

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One Day a Year( )
Author: Wolf, Christa
Translator: Derbyshire, Katy
Series title:The Seagull Library of German Literature Ser.
ISBN:978-0-85742-427-3
Publication Date:May 2017
Publisher:Seagull Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $21.00
Book Description:

During a 1960 interview, East German writer Christa Wolf was asked a curious question: would she describe in detail what she did on September 27th? Fascinated by considering the significance of a single day over many years, Wolf began keeping a detailed diary of September 27th, a practice which she carried on for more than fifty years until her death in 2011. The first volume of these notes covered 1960 through 2000 was published to great acclaim more than a decade ago. Now translator...
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Book Details
Pages:128
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Women Authors
Literary Criticism / European / German
Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Social Science / Sociology / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):0.519 x 0.85 x 0.074 Inches
Book Weight:0.704 Pounds
Author Biography
Wolf, Christa (Author)
Christa Wolf was born on March 18, 1929, in Landsberg, which is now Gorzow, Poland. Her father joined the Nazi Party and she became a member of the girls' version of the Hitler Youth. In 1949, she joined the Socialist Unity Party and studied German literature at universities in Jena and Leipzig. She wrote numerous novels during her lifetime including The Divided Heaven, The Quest for Christa T., A Model Childhood, and Cassandra. She won several awards including the Heinrich Mann Prize in 1963 and Thomas Mann Prize for literature in 2010. She died on December 1, 2011 at the age of 82.

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