Maxie Wander

Maxie Wander (January 3, 1933 – November 21, 1977) was an Austrian writer in East Germany (GDR), who was born in a proletarian quarter of Vienna.

[1] She came to fame after Guten Morgen, Du Schöne (Good Morning My Lovely) was published, and remains an important figure in East German literature after her death from cancer.

Wander had a rough time in the early stages of her life as she left school at seventeen years old in order to make a living.

In the early to mid 1970s Maxie conducted a large number of interviews with women of all ages in order to help her with her book.

She spent much time collecting this material as she wanted to become an important part as a documentary and women's literature writer in Germany.