| Uta-Maria Heim | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 October 1963 Schramberg, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
Uta-Maria Heim (born 14 October 1963) is a German writer.
Life
Heim was born in Schramberg in West Germany on 14 October 1963. She went to the University at Freiberg studying literature and sociology before taking her master's degree in Stuttgart. She then worked as a critic for the newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung.
By 2006 she was a freelance writer creating radio plays, poems, plays and crime novels based in southern Germany.
Awards
- 1992 German Crime Fiction Prize (National 3) for the Rats Principle
- 1994 German Crime Fiction Prize (National 2) for the City of Cockroaches
- 1994 Berlin Art Prize (Literature Award)
- 1998 Fellowship of the Villa Massimo
- 2000 Friedrich Glauser Prize for Little Angel end
References
- Uta-Maria Heim, arte.tv, accessed 4 March 2013
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- German women dramatists and playwrights
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- German women novelists
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