Elfriede Brüning

German writer (1910-2014)

Elfriede Brüning (8 November 1910 – 5 August 2014), also known as Elke Klent, was a German communist journalist and novelist. She worked for newspapers such as the Berliner Tageblatt, the Berliner Börsen-Courier and the Vossische Zeitung.

Brüning in June 2003.

Brüning was born in Berlin. In 1930, she joined the Communist Party of Germany. Before World War II, she was arrested in 1935 for communism-related activities, before being released in 1937. In 1937, she married Joachim Barckhausen, a writer and editor. Their daughter, Christiane, born in 1942, also became a writer. After the German reunification, she became a member of Die Linke (English: The Left). Brüning turned 100 in November 2010.

Brüning died from natural causes on 5 August 2014 in Berlin, aged 103.[1]

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  1. "Vom Alltag in der Etappe". Junge Welt (in German). 8 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

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