Uwe Johnson
Uwe Johnson (; 20 July 1934 – 22 February 1984) was a German writer, editor, and scholar. Such prominent writers and scholars as
Günter Grass and
Hans Mayer declared Johnson to be the most significant writer to emerge from
East Germany. During the 1950s, he had troubles with the East German authorities, being treated as a "dissident" both for political reasons and for
Modernist experiments in his works which made him opposed to the dominant doctrine of
Socialist realism; after moving to
West Berlin in 1959, he gained the label of "the author of the two Germanies", as, while criticizing East Germany as the state which betrayed the Socialist ideals, he did not regard
West Germany as a viable alternative and opposed the division of Germany in general. His works were dedicated both to East and West German societies and examined the relations between them.
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