Annegret hero

Annegret Held (born April 25, 1962 in Pottum / Westerwald ) is a German writer .

Life

After graduating from high school, Annegret Held did an internship in a hospital and did a voluntary social year in a life support facility . From 1982 she trained as a police officer and then worked for three years in Darmstadt and Frankfurt am Main as police chief sergeant on patrol duty . From 1987 she studied ethnology and art history . After that, she performed various activities, including a. as a secretary in a law firm and assistant in the care sector and as an aviation security assistant in the area of passenger control. Today she lives with her daughter as a freelance writer in Frankfurt am Main.

Annegret Held is an author who portrays contemporary urban as well as rural-provincial reality. In On Ash Wednesday it's all over from 1997, the carnival goings-on in a Catholic-influenced Westerwald village is portrayed like a novel in many dialogues. Her book Meine Nachtgestalten formed the basis for the film Die Polizistin by Andreas Dresen and Laila Stieler , for which the two, together with the actors Gabriela Maria Schmeide and Axel Prahl, were awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize with gold in 2001. Her novel The Chamber Maid was filmed as a television play for ZDF in 2005 .

Annegret Held is a member of the writers' association PEN Center Germany .

Works (selection)

Meine Nachtgestalten , diary of a policewoman, Eichborn, Frankfurt a. M. 1988.
My brother says you are a cop , Rowohlt Rotfuchs, Reinbek b. Hamburg 1990.
My shadows, my echo and me , Rowohlt Neue Frau, Reinbek b. Hamburg 1994.
It's all over on Ash Wednesday , Rowohlt Hardcover, Reinbek b. Hamburg 1997.
Die Baumfresserin , Rowohlt Hardcover, Reinbek b. Hamburg 1999.
Hester's dream , Rowohlt Hardcover, Reinbek b. Hamburg 2001.
The chambermaid , marebuch, Hamburg 2004. ISBN 978-3-936384-06-2
The last things , Eichborn, Frankfurt a. M. 2005. ISBN 978-3-8218-5733-6 .
Flying suitcase , Eichborn, Frankfurt a. M. 2009. ISBN 978-3-8218-5732-9 .
Apollonia , Eichborn, Cologne 2012. ISBN 978-3-8479-0507-3 .
Poverty is a burning shirt , Eichborn, Cologne 2015. ISBN 978-3-8479-0593-6 .

Filmed works

2000: Die Polizistin - Director: Andreas Dresen , based on the novel Meine Nachtgestalten
2004: The Maid - based on the novel The Maid
2010–2019: Lotta (film series) - so far 8 television films (main role: Josefine Preuß ) based on the novel The Last Things

Awards (selection)

2000: Sponsorship award for the Georg K. Glaser Prize of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
2000: Martha-Saalfeld-Förderpreis des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz
2001: Prize for Literature at the Berlin Art Prize
2003: Koblenz Literature Prize
2018: Renate Chotjewitz Häfner sponsorship award

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personal data
SURNAME	Hero, Annegret
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 25, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pottum