Editing Anna Seghers (section)

{{Short description|German writer (1900–1983)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name             = Anna Seghers
| birth_name       = Anna (Netty) Reiling
| image            = Anna Seghers (Bundesarchiv-Bild 183-F0114-0204-003) – retouched by Carschten.jpg
| imagesize        = 
| caption          = Anna Seghers (1966)
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1900|11|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[Mainz]], [[German Empire]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1983|6|1|1900|11|19|df=yes}}
| death_place      = [[East Berlin]], [[East Germany]]<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/02/obituaries/anna-seghers-novelist-82-1942-work-made-into-movie.html | title=Anna Seghers, Novelist, 82; 1942 Work Made into Movie | newspaper=The New York Times | date=2 June 1983 }}</ref>
| occupation       = Writer
| language         = 
| party            = 
| spouse           = {{marriage|[[László Radványi]]|1925}}
| alma_mater       = 
| nationality      = German<br />Hungarian (by marriage, 1925)<br />Mexican (by naturalization, 1946)
| notable_works    = ''[[The Seventh Cross]]'', ''[[Transit (Seghers novel)|Transit]]''
}}

'''Anna Seghers''' ({{IPA|de|ˈana ˈzeːɡɛʁs|lang|De-Anna Seghers.ogg}}; born ''Anna Reiling,'' 19 November 1900 – 1 June 1983), is the [[pseudonym]] of German writer '''Anna Reiling''', who was notable for exploring and depicting the moral experience of the [[Second World War]]. Born into a Jewish family and married to a [[Hungarian Communist]], Seghers escaped Nazi-controlled territory through [[German Occupation of France|wartime France]]. She was granted a visa and gained ship's passage to Mexico, where she lived in [[Mexico City]] (1941–47).

She returned to Europe after the war, living in [[West Berlin]] (1947–50), which was occupied by Allied forces. She eventually settled in the [[German Democratic Republic]] (GDR), where she worked on cultural and peace issues. She received numerous awards and was nominated for the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1959 Nobel Prize in Literature|1959]], [[1967 Nobel Prize in Literature|1967]], [[1968 Nobel Prize in Literature|1968]], [[1969 Nobel Prize in Literature|1969]] and [[1972 Nobel Prize in Literature|1972]].<ref>[https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/show_people.php?id=12468 Nomination archive – Anna (Netty) Seghers (Reiling)] nobelprize.org</ref>

She is believed to have based her pseudonym, Anna Seghers, on the surname of the [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]] painter and printmaker [[Hercules Seghers|Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers or Segers]] (c. 1589 – c. 1638).