To what extent does the self-liberation of her literary characters have biographical features? An approach to the transformation from sheltered daughter to headstrong writer.
For many authors in the young GDR, including Christa Wolf and Heiner Müller, Anna Seghers’ multi-layered work offered a source of literary inspiration.
Writer Cécile Wajsbrot talks to filmmaker Hito Steyerl about her recently published book Offener Himmel (Open Sky). Steyerl's video work In Free Fall inspired Wajsbrot's novel about a plane crash.