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Christian Morgenstern | Berthold
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Christian
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Morgenstern is a very atypical figure in
German literature. Morgenstern's poetry, which was inspired
by English nonsense rhymes, is immensely popular.
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Bertolt
Brecht |
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Together with colleagues (Max Reinhardt,
Helen Weigel, Kurt Weill,… ) Brecht set out to reform German
theatre and to adapt it to his political needs.
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Günther
Grass |
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Günther Grass is a recent Nobel laureate
- in 1999 he received the coveted award for "frolicsome
black fables" which "portray the forgotten face of
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Christa
Wolf |
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Christa Wolf is exemplary for many East
German intellectuals. In the beginning, she fervently believed
in the principles of communism only to be deeply disappointed.
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