Barbara Honigmann (born 12 February 1949) is a German author, artist and theater director.
Honigmann is the daughter of Jewish emigrant parents, who returned to East Berlin in 1947 after a period of exile in Great Britain.
Her parents were Litzi Friedmann (1910–1991; née Alice Kohlmann), an Austrian Communist who was the first wife of Kim Philby, a member of the Cambridge Five,[1][2][3][4] and Georg Honigmann, PhD (1903–1984).
Her father was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and was the chief editor of the Berliner Zeitung while also being a filmmaker.
In addition, they offer examples of literary reactions to the demise of the GDR by its decamped intellectuals, and represent the articulations of a new generation of women writers" [7] Honigmann worked for many years in theater as a playwright and dramatist.