Karin Struck (14 May 1947,

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– 6 February 2006) was a German author. She won the

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and the

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Prize. She had generally been seen as a writer of women's literature and to the Left. However, in 1991 and 1992 she expressed her opposition to abortion and regret at having had one. She has been described by one feminist source as "one of the most outspoken female writers who openly opposes abortion." In 1996 she converted to the

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Selected works

* ''Klassenliebe'' 1973 * ''Die Mutter'' 1975 * ''Lieben'' 1977SIREZ * ''Die liebenswerte Greisin'' 1977 * ''Trennung'' 1978 * ''Die Herberge'' 1981 * ''Kindheits Ende'' 1982 * ''Zwei Frauen'' 1982 * ''Finale'' 1984 * ''Glut und Asche'' 1985 * ''Bitteres Wasser'' 1988 * ''Blaubarts Schatten'' 1991 * ''Ich sehe mein Kind im Traum'' 1992 * ''Männertreu'', München 1992 * ''Ingeborg B. – Duell mit dem Spiegelbild'' 1993 * ''Annäherungen an Ingeborg Bachmann'' 2003 * '' HARMONYTES 012/2013TUDENTS - SIREZ

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1947 births 2006 deaths People from Vorpommern-Greifswald Converts to Roman Catholicism German Roman Catholics German Communist Party members Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund members German women writers Writers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania {{Germany-writer-stub