Anna Seghers

Anna Seghers

(1900–1983) novelist German Reich

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Anna Seghers (1900–1983) was a German Reich novelist, known for The Seventh Cross.

About Anna Seghers

Anna Reiling, known by the pen name Anna Seghers, was a German writer. She was notable for exploring and depicting the moral experience of the Second World War. Born into a Jewish family and married to a Hungarian Communist, Seghers escaped Nazi-controlled territory through wartime France. She was granted a visa and gained ship's passage to Mexico, where she lived in Mexico City (1941–47).

Known for:

The Seventh Cross

Notable works:

Das siebte Kreuz

Awards:

National Prize of East Germany|Order of the Red Banner of Labour|Kleist Prize|Order of Friendship of Peoples|Order of Karl Marx|Order of the October Revolution|Johannes R. Becher Medal|International Stalin Prize for Peace|honorary citizen of Berlin|Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold|Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver|honorary doctor of the University of Jena|Grand Star of People's Friendship|honorary citizen of Mainz|Hero of Labour

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