Some Theses Regarding Women's Writing

Born in Czechoslovakia, Libuše Moníková was one of two invited guest speakers at the 1996 Women in German annual conference in St. Augustine, Florida. Her works have been recognized with numerous prizes, including the Alfred Döblin Prize in 1987, the Franz Kafka Prize in 1989, the Adalbert von Chamisso Prize in 1991, and the Berliner Literaturpreis and the Johannes Bobrowski Medal in 1992. This essay was previously published in Die Zeit. A bibliography of the author's book-length works is appended to this essay.