Question: Which writer was born earlier in the twentieth century, Anita Shreve or Christa Wolf?

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source: Christa Wolf
text: Christa Wolf Christa Wolf (née Ihlenfeld; 18 March 1929, Landsberg an der Warthe – 1 December 2011, Berlin) was a German literary critic, novelist, and essayist. She was one of the best-known writers to emerge from the former East Germany.

source: Anita Shreve
text: Anita Shreve Anita Shreve (born 1946) is an American writer. The daughter of an airline pilot and a homemaker, she graduated from Dedham High School in Massachusetts, attended Tufts University and began writing while working as a high school teacher in Reading, Massachusetts. One of her first published stories, "Past the Island, Drifting", (published in 1975) was awarded an O. Henry Prize in 1976.

source: The Pilot's Wife
text: The Pilot's Wife The Pilot's Wife : A Novel is a 1998 novel by Anita Shreve. It is chronologically the third novel in Shreve's informal trilogy to be set in a large beach house on the New Hampshire coast that used to be a convent. It is preceded by "Fortune's Rocks" and "Sea Glass".

source: Fortune's Rocks (novel)
text: Fortune's Rocks (novel) Fortune's Rocks is a 1999 romance novel by bestselling author Anita Shreve. It is chronologically the first novel in Shreve's tetralogy to be set in a large beach house on the New Hampshire coast that used to be a convent. It is followed by "Sea Glass", "The Pilot's Wife" and "Body Surfing".

source: The Quest for Christa T.
text: The Quest for Christa T. The Quest for Christa T. ("Nachdenken über Christa T.") is a 1968 novel by German writer Christa Wolf that follows two childhood friends from the second World War into the 1960s in East Germany. Stylistically it demonstrates a subjectivist experimentation in prose characteristic of GDR literature of the 1960s. According to the 2013 exhibition "David Bowie Is," the novel is one of David Bowie's top 100 books.

source: Resistance (2003 film)
text: Resistance (2003 film) Resistance is a 2003 Dutch/American World War II film, directed by Todd Komarnicki and starring Bill Paxton, Julia Ormond, Philippe Volter, Sandrine Bonnaire, and Victor Reinier. It was written by Komarnicki and Anita Shreve, based on Shreve's 1995 novel of the same name. "Resistance", with a 16 million euro budget, was the most expensive Dutch production ever. Its theatrical run lasted for just one week.

source: Divided Heaven (novel)
text: Divided Heaven (novel) Divided Heaven (Der geteilte Himmel) is a 1963 novel by the East German writer Christa Wolf. The author describes society and problems in the German Democratic Republic in the '60s. The book won the Heinrich Mann Prize, and has been translated into many different languages.

source: Patterns of Childhood
text: Patterns of Childhood Patterns of Childhood, originally published as "Kindheitsmuster" in German, is a book written by Christa Wolf and published in 1976. Christa Wolf was a prominent author from East Germany known for works such as Divided Heaven [Der Geteilte Himmel] and Kassandra. Although "Patterns of Childhood" is not an autobiography, it has parallels with Wolf's own childhood in Nazi Germany. It is set in multiple time periods and locations, with the primary narratives revolving around the second-person narrator's childhood in Nazi Germany, her return to her hometown as an adult, and her reflections while writing. "Patterns" explores themes of memory, Nazism, and guilt. Thus it provides insight into the upbringings of those who lived under totalitarian regimes, and problems that arise from such a childhood.

source: Sea Glass
text: Sea Glass Sea Glass is a 2002 romance novel by Anita Shreve. It is chronologically the second novel in Shreve's informal trilogy to be set in a large beach house on the New Hampshire coast that used to be a convent. It is preceded by "Fortune's Rocks" and followed by "The Pilot's Wife".

source: The Weight of Water (film)
text: The Weight of Water (film) The Weight of Water is a 2000 French-American mystery thriller film based on Anita Shreve's 1997 novel of the same name. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, the film stars Elizabeth Hurley, Catherine McCormack, Sean Penn, and Sarah Polley. The film was shot in Nova Scotia. Although it premiered at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival, it was not released in the United States until November 1, 2002.

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Answer: Christa Wolf