Helga M. Novak

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Helga M. Novak

Helga M. Novak, born in 1935, grew up in the German Democratic Republic, was expelled in 1966 as one of the first poets, lived in Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Portugal, Poland and now lives near Berlin, where she still writes.

Helga M. Novak has won numerous awards and her fiction and poetry have been widely anthologized.


Awards


Droste Award of the City of Meersburg
Honorary citizen of the City of Erkner
Bremen Literature Award 

Kranichstein Literature Award
Roswitha Medal of the City of Bad Gandersheim

Brandenburg Literature Award
Gerrit Engelke Award of the City of Hanover

Christian Wagner Award
Saeume Literature Award
Ida Dehmel Literature Award 


Titles by Helga M. Novak

Helga M. Novak, As Long As Love-Letters Continue to Arrive. Collected poems (2 volumes)Helga M. Novak, The Frost Saints / Bird Without WingsHelga M. Novak, Residence in a Mad HouseHelga M. Novak, Silvatica. PoemsHelga M. Novak, Where I am NowHelga M. Novak, Love Poems