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I Have No Regrets – Diaries, 1955–1963

By Lucy Jones and Brigitte Reimann
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I Have No Regrets presents the frank and refreshing diaries of Brigitte Reimann, offering a candid account of life in socialist Germany from 1955 to 1963. Through a lively and often amusing tone, Reimann chronicles her love affairs, daily experiences, writing process, and personal reflections. Like the heroines in her novels, she was impetuous and outspoken, tackling taboo topics during the era of the German Democratic Republic. Following the state's appeal for artists to engage with the working class, she relocated to Hoyerswerda to work in an industrial plant and lead writing classes for workers. Her diaries and letters provide a unique, life-affirming insight into the cultural and social climate of early GDR life, paralleling her fictional works.
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This collection is ideal for readers interested in 20th-century European history, especially those curious about life in socialist East Germany, as well as fans of candid diaries and thought-provoking women's literature.

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Frank and refreshing, Brigitte Reimann’s collected diaries provide a candid account of life in socialist Germany.

With an upbeat tempo and amusing tone, I Have No Regrets contains detailed accounts of the author’s love affairs, daily life, writing, and reflections. Like the heroines in her stories, Reimann was impetuous and outspoken, addressing issues and sensibilities otherwise repressed in the era of the German Democratic Republic.

She followed the state’s call for artists to leave their ivory towers and engage with the people, moving to the new town of Hoyerswerda to work part-time at a nearby industrial plant and run writing classes for the workers. Her diaries and letters provide a fascinating parallel to her fictional writing. By turns shocking, passionate, unflinching, and bitter—but above all life-affirming—they offer an unparalleled insight into what life was like during the first decades of the GDR.

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Critics have welcomed these diaries as an important introduction to Reimann's work beyond Germany, where she is best known for her semi-autobiographical novel Franziska Linkerhand. The Times Literary Supplement praises the volume as a valuable insight into her writing journey, while The New European highlights how the diaries vividly illuminate life in East Germany during this period, including personal struggles such as a suicide attempt following a miscarriage.

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ISBN: 9781803091808

Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 May 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Seagull Books London Ltd

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 1.0mm

Width: 5.0mm

Height: 8.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 500

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Brigitte Reimann Lucy Jones Non-Fiction

About the Author

Brigitte Reimann (1933–73) was a German teacher and writer. Her novel Ankunft im Alltag is regarded as a masterpiece of socialist realism. She received the Heinrich Mann Prize in 1964. Lucy Jones is a cofounder of Transfiction GbR and has translated Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Ronald Schernikau, and Silke Scheuermann, among others.

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