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Brigitte Reimann was born on 21 July, 1933 in Burg bei Magdeburg, Germany, is an East German writer. Discover Brigitte Reimann's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 39 years old?

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Occupation writer
Age 39 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 21 July, 1933
Birthday 21 July
Birthplace Burg bei Magdeburg, Germany
Date of death 22 February, 1973
Died Place East Berlin, East Germany
Nationality Germany

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Who Is Brigitte Reimann's Husband?

Her husband is Günter Domnik (1953-1958) Siegfried Pitschmann (1959-1964) Jon K. (1964-1970) Rudolf Burgartz (from 1971)

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Husband Günter Domnik (1953-1958) Siegfried Pitschmann (1959-1964) Jon K. (1964-1970) Rudolf Burgartz (from 1971)
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Brigitte Reimann Net Worth

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1904

Brigitte Reimann was the daughter of Willi Reimann (1904–1990) and Elisabeth (1905–1992) and the oldest of four children.

Her father was a bank clerk from a family of Cologne burghers.

She decided to become a writer at the age of 14, when she was recovering from polio.

She wrote her first amateur play at the age of fifteen.

Her first book of plays was published when she was 17.

1933

Brigitte Reimann (born 21 July 1933, Burg bei Magdeburg, d. 22 February 1973, East Berlin) was a German writer who is best known for her posthumously published novel Franziska Linkerhand.

1950

In 1950 she was awarded the first prize in an amateur drama competition by the Berlin theater Volksbühne.

After graduating with the Abitur, Reimann worked as teacher, bookseller and reporter.

She married a machine fitter when she was 20.

1954

Following a miscarriage in 1954 and consequently suffering from depression, Reimann attempted suicide.

1960

In 1960 she started to work at the brown coal mine Schwarze Pumpe, where she and her second husband Siegfried Pitschmann headed a circle of writing workers.

There, she wrote the narrative Ankunft im Alltag, which is regarded as a masterpiece of socialist realism.

1963

Her 1963 novel, Siblings (Die Geschwister), was first published in Italian translation in 2013 (by Monica Pesetti for Voland) and in English in February 2023 for Penguin.

A mural that depicts Reimann is located in Burg, Germany.

There is also a commemorative stamp that uses her likeness.

1964

She received the Heinrich Mann prize in 1964.

Reimann never joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and was critical of the East German state's involvement in the country's literary movement.

She wrote in her diary that there were 'Opportunists and numbskulls everywhere.

The only subject worth discussing in a novel, it seems, is the need to increase work productivity ... Human problems are not in vogue'.

She was a part of the "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Junger Autoren" (Commitee of Young Authors) in which she worked with other young talents, such as: Martin Selber, Wolfgang Schreyer, Helmut Sakowski, Reiner Kunze and Wolf Dieter Brennecke.

After which, she was given a stipend from the Committee of Young Authors and book contracts from the states publishing houses.

1968

When troops of the Warsaw Pact states invaded the ČSSR on 20 August 1968 as a reaction to liberalisations during the Prague Spring, Reimann refused to sign the declaration by the East German Writers' Association (DSV) approving of the measure.

1973

On 22 February 1973, Reimann suddenly died of cancer at the age of 39 in the Robert-Rössle-Klinik in Berlin, Buch.

As there was no recorded will of Reimann, all copyright inheritance was passed on to her last husband, Rudolf Burgartz.

Reimann's diaries are well-regarded in Germany 'for their clear-eyed account of life in the GDR.' In 2023, her diaries were reissued in Germany.