Part 1 of Essay
Wolf, Christa (1929- ), German novelist and essayist, known for her novels about Germany during World War II (1939-1945). Born Christa Ihlenfeld in Landsberg an der Warthe (now Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland), she studied at the Universities of Leipzig and Jena from 1949 to 1953. In 1951 she married writer Gerhard Wolf. After ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... response to circumstances in her life that are subtly tied to the social constraints upon individuals in the newly formed GDR. The second novel is strongly autobiographical and combines references to actual events with a description of life in a conformist provincial town. Wolf was a member of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of the GDR until the party disintegrated in 1989. She was, however, removed from the East Berlin committee of the GDR Writers' Union in 1976 after joining in protest against the withdr ....