(East) German author (and physicist) Helga Königsdorf has passed away; see, for example, the (German) obituary in Die Zeit.
One of that generation of leading authors that were also published in the West -- along with Christa Wolf, Irmtraud Morgner, and Brigitte Reimann (who all predeceased her) -- not much of her fiction made it into English: the only title that seems vaguely available is Fission (with a spectral Lise Meitner-cameo !), published by Northwestern University Press; see their publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. (With an 'Amazon Best Sellers Rank' of, respectively 5,883,067 and 7,087,312 it apparently has not been flying off the shelves.)
None of her books are under review at the complete review, but I read a fair bit of it back in the day, and appreciated the scientific background in and influence on her fiction -- not something present in much other German fiction of the times.
One of that generation of leading authors that were also published in the West -- along with Christa Wolf, Irmtraud Morgner, and Brigitte Reimann (who all predeceased her) -- not much of her fiction made it into English: the only title that seems vaguely available is Fission (with a spectral Lise Meitner-cameo !), published by Northwestern University Press; see their publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. (With an 'Amazon Best Sellers Rank' of, respectively 5,883,067 and 7,087,312 it apparently has not been flying off the shelves.)
None of her books are under review at the complete review, but I read a fair bit of it back in the day, and appreciated the scientific background in and influence on her fiction -- not something present in much other German fiction of the times.