Deutscher Schriftstellerverband (DSV, "German Writers' Union") was an
East German
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
association of writers. It was founded in 1950 and renamed in 1973 as Schriftstellerverband der DDR.
The association considered itself an heir to the earlier traditions of the SDS (, "Protection League of German Writers") which had flourished in the
1920s
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but then, after
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
, been forced into line under the Hitler dictatorship and, in July 1933, found itself
subsumed into the "National Association of German Writers" (''
Reichsverband deutscher Schriftsteller''), a Nazi mandated successor organisation between 1933 and 1945.
The DSV archives are now in the Academy of Arts Berlin.
Presidents
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Bodo Uhse
Bodo Uhse (12 March 1904 in Rastatt, Grand Duchy of Baden – 2 July 1963 in Berlin) was a German writer, journalist and political activist. He was recognised as one of the most prominent authors in East Germany.
Early years
Uhse came from a ...
(1950–1952)
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Anna Seghers
Anna Seghers (; born ''Anna Reiling,'' 19 November 1900 – 1 June 1983), is the pseudonym of a German writer notable for exploring and depicting the moral experience of the Second World War. Born into a Jewish family and married to a Hungarian ...
(1952–1978)
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Hermann Kant
Hermann Kant (; 14 June 1926 – 14 August 2016) was a German writer noted for his writings during the time of East Germany. He won the Heinrich Mann Prize in 1967. He served the Stasi as an informer under the codename ''IM Martin''.
Early life ...
(1978–1990)
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Rainer Kirsch
Rainer Kirsch (17 July 1934 – 4 September 2015) was a German writer and poet.
Life and career
Kirsch was born in Döbeln in 1934. After graduating from high school, he studied history at the Klosterschule Roßleben and philosophy at the Marti ...
(1990)
See also
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Die Lösung
"" (, "The Solution") is a famous satirical German poem by Bertolt Brecht about the East German uprising of 1953. Written in mid-1953, it is critical of the government and was not published at the time. It was first published in 1959 in the Wes ...
", which mentions the Schriftstellerverband
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Organizations established in 1950
Organisations based in East Germany
East German literature
East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
1950 establishments in East Germany
1990 disestablishments in East Germany