Brigitte Reimann (1933-1973) was among East Germany's most significant writers. Like her heroines, she was spirited and outspoken, addressing issues and sensibilities otherwise repressed in the GDR. She believed passionately in socialism, yet never joined the party; stayed with her second husband, yet pursued a series of affairs. Her stated aim was to live 'thirty wild years instead of seventy well-behaved ones'. In 1960, her brother left for the West and she began writing Siblings. She died from cancer at the age of thirty-nine, a celebrated writer and cult figure.
L’œuvre de Brigitte Reimann – à l’instar de celle de Christa Wolf – est considérée comme un classique de la littérature est-allemande. Son roman Une fratrie, publié en RDA en 1963, déclencha de vives discussions aussi bien à l’Est qu’à l’Ouest, même si c’était une version censurée...
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