Writing · Author · Novel · Teleplay
Born Apr 8, 1944
Active 1981–present · Awards: Walter-Hasenclever-Literaturpreis, Schiller Memorial Prize, Stefan Heym International Award, Heinrich Mann Prize, Berliner Literaturpreis, Peter-Weiss Prize, Erich Fried Prize, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Christoph Hein is a German author and translator. He grew up in the town Bad Düben near Leipzig. Being a clergyman's son and thus not allowed to attend the Erweiterte Oberschule (EOS) in the GDR, he received secondary education at a…