Author
Anna Seghers
November 19, 1900 – June 1, 1983 · German Democratic Republic
Novelist, Resistance fighter, Writer
Titles on list
1
Total weeks
7
Peak rank
#3
Biography
- Born
- November 19, 1900 · Mainz
- Died
- June 1, 1983 · East Berlin
- Nationality
- German Democratic Republic
- Gender
- Female
- Languages
- German
- Education
- Heidelberg University, University of Cologne
Awards & Honours
- 1928Kleist Prize
- 1959honorary doctor of the University of Jena
- 1970Grand Star of People's Friendship
- 1975honorary citizen of Berlin
- 1981honorary citizen of Mainz
- Order of Karl Marx
- Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
- National Prize of East Germany
- Johannes R. Becher Medal
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- International Stalin Prize for Peace
- Hero of Labour
- Order of the October Revolution
- Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver
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