The Stasi poetry circle: the creative writing class that tried to win the cold war

Berlin, 1962. Morale is at rock bottom in East Germany, thrown into chaos by the new Berlin Wall. The Ministry for State Security is hunting for a new weapon in the war against capitalism - and their solution is stranger than fiction. Rather than guns, tanks, or bombs, the Stasi resolve to fight the...

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Main Author: Oltermann, Philip (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: London Faber & Faber 2022
In:Year: 2022
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: 62 A 3167
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Keywords:
Berger, Uwe > 1928-2014 > Neumann, Gert > 1942- > Ruika, Alexander > 1962- > Gollin, Annegret > 1956-
Book clubs (Discussion groups) > Germany > Berlin > History > 20th century
Deutschland > DDR > Deutschland > DDR > Ministerium für Staatssicherheit > Kreisarbeitsgemeinschaft Schreibende Tschekisten > Poetenseminar
Germany (East) > Ministerium für Staatssicherheit
Poetry > Social aspects > Germany > Berlin > History > 20th century
Political Culture > Germany > Berlin > History > 20th century
Soviet literature > Societies, etc

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