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Sep 16, 2023 · For an author who continued to publish until 1980, this is noteworthy. My argument is that post-unification textbooks are willing to identify Becher as a GDR author, but that they do not want to taint Seghers’ pre-1945 reputation with texts written in and for the GDR. Both Becher and Seghers are included in informational texts about early GDR ...
- CHAPTER 4 Anna Seghers and Johannes R. Becher as GDR Authors
GDR,” Seghers and Becher were denitely active participants...
- CHAPTER 4 Anna Seghers and Johannes R. Becher as GDR Authors
GDR,” Seghers and Becher were denitely active participants in the SED- controlled state. This makes them much more problematic than Brecht for West German and post-unication textbook authors, leading to a critical depiction of Becher as an SED-afliated author and a near-complete omis - sion of Seghers’ GDR works.
Sep 16, 2023 · Seghers and Becher represent two of the most famous socialist exile authors who shaped the first generation of GDR literature. While their pre-1945 works appear frequently in textbooks, their ...
In 1949, the Soviet occupation zone of Allied-occupied Germany became a socialist state under the name of the "German Democratic Republic" (GDR). [1] For the nascent state's national anthem, the poet Johannes Becher , who later became the East German Minister of Culture, wrote the lyrics.
today (generally in a rather gleeful tone), the author of "Risen from Ruins" is no longer a household name. Johannes R. Becher (1891-1958) - once a cultural monolith in the GDR and, by most accounts, a rather ruthless proponent of the doctrine of socialist realism - has become something of a persona non grata. Largely due to his
1949 and 1955 in the GDR.19. Despite Becher's attempts to continue the policies of the People's Front from the 1930s, the division of German cultural policy soon cast its pall over the efforts of the Cultural League. In July, 1945, Becher had to move. from his home in the American sector of Berlin to the settlement.
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Jan 6, 2003 · This article explores the significance of Johannes R. Becher’s influence on the cultural life of the GDR. Taking issue with views which see Becher simply as a mouthpiece for SED propaganda, it ...
