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Sarah Kirsch was originally bornIngrid Bernstein inLimlingerode,Prussian Saxony but had changed her first name to Sarah in order to protest against her father'santisemitism.[1] She studied biology inHalle and literature at theJohannes R. Becher Institute for Literature inLeipzig.[1] In 1965, she co-wrote a book of poems with writerRainer Kirsch, to whom she was married for ten years.[2] She protested againstEast Germany's expulsion ofWolf Biermann in 1976, which led to her exclusion from theSocialist Unity Party of Germany (SED).[1] One year later she left the country herself, nevertheless being critical of the West as well. She is mainly known for her poetry, but she also wrote prose and translated children's books into German.[3]
According tocomplete review, "the great German-language post-war poets were largelyEast German (or Austrian) born in the mid to late 1930s which included towering figures such asVolker Braun,Heinz Czechowski" and Sarah Kirsch who was "the most prominent female representative of that generation."[4]
Berlin – Sonnenseite. Deutschlandtreffen der Jugend in der Hauptstadt der DDR (1964), photo reportage, together with Thomas Billhardt and Rainer Kirsch
Gespräch mit dem Saurier (1965), poems, together with Rainer Kirsch
Die betrunkene Sonne (1966), children's book. Illustrations by Erich Gürtzig
Landaufenthalt (1967), poems
Zaubersprüche (1973), poems
Trauriger Tag
Die Pantherfrau. Fünf unfrisierte Erzählungen aus dem Kassettenrecorder (1973), Prose
Die ungeheuren bergehohen Wellen auf See (1973), Prose
Es war dieser merkwürdige Sommer (1974), poems selections
Caroline im Wassertropfen (1975), children's book. Illustrations by Erdmut Oelschläger
Zwischen Herbst und Winter (1975), children's book together with Ingrid Schuppan
Zwischen Herbst und Winter (1983), Illustrations by Kurt Mühlenhaupt. Gertraud Middelhauve Verlag,ISBN3-7876-9154-5
Katzenleben (1984), poems
Landwege. Eine Auswahl 1980–1985 (1985), with an epilogue byGünter Kunert
Hundert Gedichte und ein Gespräch über ihre Gedichte. (1985) (a selection from the booksLandaufenthalt,Zaubersprüche,Rückenwind,Drachensteigen), Ebenhausen
Reisezehrung (1986), Prose
Irrstern (1987), Prose
Book with poems by Sarah Kirsch and drawings byA. R. Penck in the Berlin „Edition Malerbücher“ (1987)
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