Christa-Maria Zimmermann
Christa-Maria Zimmermann (* 1943 in Wels , Upper Austria ) is an author who became known for crime novels . Today she writes historical books for children and young people .
Life
Christa-Maria Zimmermann was born in Wels, Upper Austria. Her favorite playground in childhood was the Kaiserswerther castle ruins (near Düsseldorf ). Even then she was interested in history , which she later studied - with art history as a major. During her school days she wrote small articles for a Düsseldorf newspaper and worked there during the semester break, initially as a volunteer and finally as an editor . She had four children, three girls and a boy. So she gave up her job as an editor, but not writing: from 1977 onwards, almost 20 books were written.
Awards
On November 18, 2005, Christa-Maria Zimmermann received the Friedrich Gerstäcker Prize for youth literature for her novel Hundert Tage bis Lhasa .
Works
- Walk with me through Düsseldorf, 1977
- Marktstrasse, 1981
- The Bought Bride, 1995
- The ghost in the castle ruins, 1997
- And she pretended to be asleep, 1998
- The night the Titanic sank, 1998
- Little Brothers Fine, 2000
- The last ride of the Hindenburg, 2000
- Caught in pack ice, 2000
- The Pharaoh's amulet , 2001
- The Girl from the Red River , 2003
- The road between the worlds , 2003
- A hundred days to Lhasa , 2004
- Hexentanz (book) , 2005
- The gold of Columbus , 2006
- The robbery of the king on the Rhine , 2010
Adaptations
Radio plays
- Christa-Maria Zimmermann: Trapped in pack ice. Speaker: Uwe Friedrichsen , Dietmar Mues , Christian Redl , Fritz Fenne , Der Hörverlag , 2005, ISBN 3-89940-595-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Christa-Maria Zimmermann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Christa-Maria Zimmermann at Random House
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Carpenter, Christa-Maria |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wels , Upper Austria |