Christa Wolf (1929-2011) was a German novelist, essayist, and screenwriter most known for her novels Kassandra and Der geteilte Himmel. Most often associated with East Germany, Wolf discusses socialist life hand-in-hand with women’s rights, and much of her later works focus on life and death in East Germany, patriarchy, and the disintegration of the DDR. Although she is retrospectively thought of as an East German writer, she continued to comment and reflect upon German political turmoil and reunification into the early 2000s.
Lessons on Wolf’s Work
Lessons from Related Themes
- Ein Virus kennt keine Moral Module, 1993
- Heinrich Leopold Wagner, “Die Kindermörderin,” 1775
- Friedrich Wolf, “Cyankali,” 1929 (Part 2)
- Friedrich Wolf, “Cyankali” 1929 (Part 1)
- Ulrike Ottinger, an Introduction to her Art
- Ulrike Ottinger, “Bildnis einer Trinkerin,” 1979
- Selimović and Ronen, Roma Armee, 2017
- Nura, “Fair,” 2021
