Gerti Tetzner

Gerti Tetzner, born in Thuringia in 1936, is a German writer. She studied law and initially worked in a notary’s office before abandoning a prospective judicial career in favor of writing. She subsequently studied at the Leipzig Institute of Literature. Her debut novel, *Karen W.*, was published in 1974, received favorably by critics and readers, and was translated into several languages. After her second novel was barred from publication in East Germany, Tetzner wrote several children’s books.