Christa Hein

Christa Hein (born August 25, 1955 in Cuxhaven ) is a German writer .

Life

After long stays in the United States and working as a lecturer in creative writing , Christa Hein now lives near Berlin . In 1992 she took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt .

Christa Hein is the author of novels and short stories . She also translates from English .

Christa Hein was among others awarded the factory Schreiber price of Romanfabrik Frankfurt and the price of the Frankfurt artists help .

Works

• Quicksand , Frankfurt am Main 1994
• Looking through the mirror , Frankfurt am Main 1998
• Scirocco , Frankfurt am Main 2000
• Riga , Cuxhaven 2001 (together with Norbert Balzer)
• From the edge of the world , Frankfurt am Main 2003
• The whole world in one sentence: Language and writing workshop for young poets , Beltz & Gelberg 2010 (together with Henning Boëtius )
• The Glass Garden , Frankfurt am Main 2015

Editing

• Grandma is young inside , Frankfurt am Main 1995

Translations

• Scoular Anderson : Confusion at Winterstein Castle , Frankfurt am Main 1994
• Ralph Burdman : Tête-à-tête , Bad Homburg vdH 1993
• Donald Harington : Dance of the Cockroaches , Frankfurt am Main 1993
• John Patrick Shanley : Four dogs and a bone , Bad Homburg 1995

Web links

• Literature by and about Christa Hein in the catalog of the German National Library
• http://www.lyrikwelt.de/autoren/heinchrista.htm