Parteischule oder Dichtershmiede? The Institut für Literatur "Johannes R. Becher" from its founding to its Abwicklung

Clarke, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8509-3194 2006. Parteischule oder Dichtershmiede? The Institut für Literatur "Johannes R. Becher" from its founding to its Abwicklung. German Studies Review 29 (1) , pp. 87-106.

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Abstract

The Institut für Literatur "Johannes R. Becher" was the GDR's academy for socialist writers, and its alumni included some of East Germany's major authors. Following the collapse of East German socialism, the Institute was criticized as a mere instrument of SED cultural policy. Yet this small institution was able to provide young writers with relative, if fragile, freedom, which was always dependent upon the political climate of the times. The survival strategies developed by the Institute under state socialism nevertheless proved to be a handicap as it fought for survival in the wake of German unification.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Modern Languages
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
ISSN:	0149-7952
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 08:47
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/118701

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