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Brigitte Reimann

Born

in Burg , Germany

July 21, 1933

Died

February 20, 1973

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Brigitte Reimann (1933 - 1973) was a German writer who is best known for her posthumously published novel, Franziska Linkerhand.

Brigitte Reimann wrote her first amateur play at the age of fifteen. In 1950 she was awarded the first prize in an amateur drama comeptition by the Berlin theater Volksbühne. After graduating, Reimann worked as teacher, bookseller and reporter. After a miscarriage in 1954, she attempted suicide. In 1960, she started to work at the brown coal mine Schwarze Pumpe, where she and her second husband Siegfried Pitschmann headed a circle of writing workers. There, she writes the narrative Ankunft im Alltag, which is regarded as a masterpiece of socialist realism.

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Average rating: 3.62 · 2,269 ratings · 312 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors

	Siblings by Brigitte Reimann, Lucy Jones (Translation) 3.51 avg rating — 1,615 ratings — published 1963	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Franziska Linkerhand 3.78 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 1974 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ankunft im Alltag 3.34 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1961 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Have No Regrets: Diaries, 1955-1963 by Brigitte Reimann, Lucy Jones (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 56 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Frau am Pranger : Erzählung 4.14 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1969 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alles Schmeckt Nach Abschied: Tagebücher 1964 - 1970 4.64 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sei gegrüsst und lebe: Eine Freundschaft in Briefen, 1964-1973 by Brigitte Reimann, Christa Wolf 4.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Groeten aan Amsterdam by Brigitte Reimann, Elly Schippers (translator) 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La verde luz de las estepas by Brigitte Reimann, Thomas Billhardt (Photographer), Ibon Zubiaur (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1965 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Katja: Erzählungen über Frauen by Brigitte Reimann, Carsten Gansel (editor) 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Wir waren ganz steif und durchgefroren, als wir in der Bereitschaftssiedlung ankamen. [...] Wir waren allein in der Wohnung. Wir kochten Kaffee und tauten langsam auf, und wir wollten, glaube ich, vernünftig sein. Aber dann [...] lagen wir auf seinem Bett, das Radio brachte alberne Schlagermusik, aber die hörten wir nicht mehr, und ich weiß nur noch, daß wir uns streichelten und quälten, und Jon wickelte mein Haar um die Hand und sagte: "Du bist ein großes Glück" (und er schämte sich nicht einmal dafür, mein Gott, wie herrlich), und ich schrie und schluchzte, und Jon küßte meine Hüften und die Rippenbögen [...]. Haben wir nur deshalb nicht miteinander geschlafen, weil wir es uns aufsparen wollten?”
― Brigitte Reimann, Ich bedaure nichts. Tagebücher 1955 - 1963.

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“Die Parteispitze, die Intelligenz – alle rockten und rollten durch die Gegend, und unsere braven stinklangweiligen DDR-Lipsi hatten restlos verloren. Ein wenig befremdend ist es immer wieder für mich, zu sehen, wie Genossen ihre Häute abwerfen und schwache Menschen werden. (Ich hab so einen netten Kinderglauben an die Kraft von Ideen, die den Menschen auch in seinem tiefsten Innern verwandeln. Aber nein, man spürt nichts davon.”
― Brigitte Reimann, Ich bedaure nichts. Tagebücher 1955 - 1963.

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