Helga M. Novak German-Icelandic writer
Maria Karlsdottir
Born (1935-09-08 ) 8 September 1935Died 24 December 2013(2013-12-24) (aged 78) Pen name Helga M. Novak Nationality German , Icelandic
Helga M. Novak (pseudonym for Maria Karlsdottir ; 8 September 1935 – 24 December 2013) was a German-Icelandic writer.
Novak was born in Berlin . She grew up in East Germany , studied journalism and philosophy at the University of Leipzig . She resigned from the East German Socialist Unity Party (SED ) in 1957 in protest at the Soviet invasion of Hungary the previous year.[ 1]
She moved to Iceland in 1961, where she married and had two children before her divorce.
She traveled to Spain, France, and the U.S., before returning to East Germany. When her citizenship was revoked for writing and publishing critical texts, she moved between Iceland, Germany, Poland, and Bulgaria. For a short period, she was an informer ("inoffizieller Mitarbeiter") for the East German Stasi .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Works
Ballade von der reisenden Anna , Neuwied 1965Colloquium mit vier Häuten , Neuwied 1967Das Gefrierhaus. Die Umgebung , Hamburg 1968 (together with Timm Bartholl )Geselliges Beisammensein , Neuwied 1968Wohnhaft im Westend , Neuwied 1970 (together with Horst Karasek )Aufenthalt in einem irren Haus , Neuwied 1971Seltsamer Bericht aus einer alten Stadt , Hannover 1973 (together with Dorothea Nosbisch )Die Ballade von der kastrierten Puppe , Leverkusen 1975 (together with Peter Kaczmarek )Balladen vom kurzen Prozess , Berlin 1975Die Landnahme von Torre Bela , Berlin 1976Margarete mit dem Schrank , Berlin 1978Die Eisheiligen , Darmstadt 1979Palisaden , Darmstadt 1980Vogel federlos , Darmstadt 1982Grünheide Grünheide , Darmstadt 1983Legende Transsib , Darmstadt 1985Märkische Feemorgana , Frankfurt am Main 1989Aufenthalt in einem irren Haus , Frankfurt am Main 1995Silvatica , Frankfurt am Main 1997Solange noch Liebesbriefe eintreffen , Frankfurt am Main 1999References
↑ Ulmer, Konstantin (7 March 2014). "Ungebunden, ungehorsam, ungezügelt. Zum Leben und Werk der Dichterin Helga M. Novak" . BPB . Retrieved 8 January 2020 . ↑ "Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung" . Archived from the original on 2020-04-12. Retrieved 2013-12-25 .↑ Ulmer, Konstantin (7 March 2014). "Ungebunden, ungehorsam, ungezügelt. Zum Leben und Werk der Dichterin Helga M. Novak" . BPB . Retrieved 8 January 2020 . ↑ Rohlf, Sabine (25 November 2013). "Helga M. Novak Ausgebürgert, zehn Jahre vor Biermann" . Berliner Zeitung . Retrieved 8 January 2020 . [ permanent dead link ] ↑ Moeller, Jack; Berger, Simone; Wieden, Anja (2015). Kaleidoskop: Kultur, Literature, Und Grammatik . Canada. p. 18. ISBN 9781305886001 {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link )
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