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Eva Strittmatter (née Braun; 8 February 1930 – 3 January 2011) was a German writer of poetry, prose, and children's literature.
Her books of poems sold millions of copies, reportedly making her the most successful German poet of the second half of the 20th century.




Life


From 1947-51, she studied German and Romance studies as well as Pedagogy at the Humboldt University of Berlin. She married in 1950 and had a son, but soon she was divorced. Since 1954 she worked as a freelance writer. She met Erwin Strittmatter (1912–1994). They married in 1956 and had three sons, among them actor and writer Erwin Berner (born 1953). The marriage with Erwin Strittmatter enabled her to relinquish her maiden name, Eva Braun.
The marriage to Strittmatter initially overshadowed her own work as a writer, which did not unfold until she reached the age of 40. Following her husband's death in 1994, Strittmatter edited works from his estate.




Awards and honours


Strittmatter was awarded the Heinrich Heine prize of the Ministry for culture of the GDR in 1975.




Works






= Poetry

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Ich mach ein Lied aus Stille, 1973
Mondschnee liegt auf den Wiesen, 1975
Die eine Rose überwältigt alles, 1977
Zwiegespräch, 1980
Heliotrop, 1983
Atem, 1988
Unterm wechselnden Licht, 1990
Der Schöne (Obsession), 1997
Liebe und Hass. Die geheimen Gedichte. 1970-1990, 2002
Der Winter nach der schlimmen Liebe. Gedichte 1996/1997, 2005
Landschaft, 2005




= Prose

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Briefe aus Schulzenhof I, 1977
Poesie und andere Nebendinge, 1983
Mai in Piestàny, 1986
Briefe aus Schulzenhof II, 1990
Briefe aus Schulzenhof III, 1995
Du liebes Grün. Ein Garten- und Jahreszeitenbuch, 2000




= Children's books

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Brüderchen Vierbein, 1958
Vom Kater der ein Mensch sein wollte, 1959
Ich schwing mich auf die Schaukel, 1975




References






Sources


Rengha Rodewill: Zwischenspiel – Lyrik, Fotografie. Together with Eva Strittmatter. Plöttner Verlag, Leipzig 2010, ISBN 978-3-86211-005-6
Irmtraud Gutschke: Eva Strittmatter: Leib und Leben. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2008. ISBN 978-3-360-01946-2 Rezension
Leonore Krenzlin, Bernd-Rainer Barth: Strittmatter, Eva. In: Wer war wer in der DDR? 5. Ausgabe. Band 2, Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4.
Beatrix M. Brockman: Nur fliegend fängt man Worte ein. Eva Strittmatters Poetik. Peter Lang, Oxford 2013. ISBN 978-3-0343-0948-6

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