Anna Seghers was born on November 19, 1900 in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany as Netty Reiling. She was a writer, known for La septième croix (1944), Das Licht auf dem Galgen (1976) and Aus unserer Zeit (1970). She was married to László Radványi. She died on June 1, 1983 in Berlin, Germany.