Sarah Kirsch

Sarah Kirsch

Sarah Kirsch, born in Limlingerode/Thuringia in 1935, lived in East Berlin up until her departure for West Germany in 1977. From 1983 until her death in 2013 she lived in Tielenhemme/Schleswig-Holstein where she worked as a freelance writer and painter. For her poetic works she has received numerous prizes, including the Georg-Büchner-Prize, the Jean-Paul-Prize and the Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Prize.

Sarah Kirsch, born in Limlingerode/Thuringia in 1935, lived in East Berlin up until her departure for West Germany in 1977. From 1983 until her death in 2013 she lived in Tielenhemme/Schleswig-Holstein where she worked as a freelance writer and painter. For her poetic works she has received numerous prizes, including the Georg-Büchner-Prize, the Jean-Paul-Prize and the Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Prize.


PUBLICATIONS

»We truly got used to all sorts of things«
Year of Publication: 2019
Sarah Kirsch, Christa WolfYear of Publication: 2019

»Dearest, dearest Christa, how nice that you remain here on this daft planet!«, Sarah Kirsch writes in the autumn of 1988 to her friend who has just recovered from a life-threatening illness. One...

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