Background
Novak was born in Berlin. She grew up in East Germany, studied journalism and philosophy at the University of Leipzig.
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Helga Novak
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Education
Leipzig University.
Career
She traveled to Spain, France, and the United States., before returning to East Germany. When her citizenship was revoked for writing and publishing critical texts, she moved between Iceland, Germany and Bulgaria. She was an informer ("inoffizieller Mitarbeiter") for the East German Stasi.
Although a citizen of Iceland, she lived in Legbąd, Poland, from 1987 until her death in 2013.
Achievements
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1968 Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen 1979/1980 Amt der Stadtschreiberin von Bergen-Enkheim 1985 Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis 1989 Roswitha Prize 1989 Ernst-Reuter-Preis 1990 Marburger Literaturpreis 1993 Gerrit-Engelke-Preis 1994 Ehrengabe der Deutschen Schillerstiftung 1997 Brandenburgischen Literaturpreis 1998 Ehrengabe der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste 2001 Ida-Dehmel-Literaturpreis.
Membership
German Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Center.
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Nationality
Germany East Germany
Education
Awards
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1968 Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen 1979/1980 Amt der Stadtschreiberin von Bergen-Enkheim 1985 Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis 1989 Roswitha Prize 1989 Ernst-Reuter-Preis 1990 Marburger Literaturpreis 1993 Gerrit-Engelke-Preis 1994 Ehrengabe der Deutschen Schillerstiftung 1997 Brandenburgischen Literaturpreis 1998 Ehrengabe der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste 2001 Ida-Dehmel-Literaturpreis1968 Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen 1979/1980 Amt der Stadtschreiberin von Bergen-Enkheim 1985 Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis 1989 Roswitha Prize 1989 Ernst-Reuter-Preis 1990 Marburger Literaturpreis 1993 Gerrit-Engelke-Preis 1994 Ehrengabe der Deutschen Schillerstiftung 1997 Brandenburgischen Literaturpreis 1998 Ehrengabe der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste 2001 Ida-Dehmel-Literaturpreis