Christa Wolf, 1991
Her last publication, the volume "Was bleibt" ("What Remains"), heated tempers. Critics accused Christa Wolf (born 1929) of "stylizing herself as a victim of state snooping". Christa Wolf herself sees the attacks as a "targeted hate campaign". Christa Wolf is one of the few authors who achieved world fame in the former GDR. She was considered privileged, joined the SED in 1949, was a candidate for the SED Central Committee. But she was also sharply critical of the SED state. Christa Wolf, whom her colleague Horst Kürger once called an "all-German saintly figure", was above all successful in the literary realisation of the thematic connection between "women and peace". Her books ("Kassandra", "Störfall") reached million copies. (Photo from 1991). [automated translation]