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Uwe Timm ( German pronunciation: [ˈuːvə tɪm] ⓘ; born 30 March 1940 in Hamburg) is a German writer. Life and work. Uwe Timm was born in 1940 in Hamburg, and was the youngest son in his family. His brother, 16 years his senior, was a soldier in the Waffen-SS and died in Ukraine in 1943.
Uwe Hans Heinz Timm ist ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er schreibt Prosa, Lyrik, Essays, Hörspiele und Drehbücher. Zu seinen Werken gehören der Debütroman Heißer Sommer über die westdeutsche Studentenbewegung der 1960er Jahre, die Novelle Die Entdeckung der Currywurst sowie die autobiografischen Erzählungen Am Beispiel meines Bruders ...
Uwe Timm. Biography. Uwe Timm was born in 1940 in Hamburg. When his father returned from the war, his father opened a fur business. Timm did an apprenticeship as a furrier and then took over the family business when his father died.
Uwe Timm was the youngest son in his family. His brother, 16 years his senior, was a soldier in the Waffen SS and died in Ukraine in 1943. Decades later, Uwe Timm approached his relationship with his father and brother in the critically acclaimed novel In my brother's shadow.
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Uwe Timm has 93 books on Goodreads with 17870 ratings. Uwe Timm’s most popular book is The Invention of Curried Sausage.
Uwe Timm ( Headhunter, The Invention of Curried Sausage) has been described in The New Yorker as “an extraordinary storyteller.” In this early novel, he focuses his narrative talents on the historical conflict between German colonists and African tribes under the leadership of the legendary Morenga in the first decade of the 20th century.
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Oct 8, 2018 · Uwe Timm — a true North German: taciturn and limited in his expressions of emotion — lets the hero of his novel continue to drive through the reunited city of Berlin.
