Eva Strittmatter

Eva Strittmatter
BornEva Braun
(1930-02-08)8 February 1930
Neuruppin, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
Died3 January 2011(2011-01-03) (aged 80)
Berlin, Germany
OccupationPoet
Spouse
(m. 1956; died 1994)
Children4

Eva Strittmatter (née Braun; 8 February 1930 – 3 January 2011) was a German writer of poetry, prose, and children's literature.

Her books of poems sold millions of copies, reportedly making her the most successful German poet of the second half of the 20th century.