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Christoph Hein
German author and translator (born 1944)
Christoph Hein (German:[ˈkʁɪstɔfˈhaɪn]ⓘ; born 8 April 1944) is a German author and translator.
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He grew up in the village Bad Düben near Leipzig. Being a clergyman's son and thus not allowed to attend the Erweiterte Oberschule in the GDR, he received secondary education at a gymnasium in the western part of Berlin.[1] After his Abitur he jobbed inter alia as assembler, bookseller and assistant director.[1] From 1967 to 1971 Hein studied philosophy in Leipzig and Berlin.
Upon graduation, he became a dramatic adviser at the Volksbühne in Berlin, where he worked as a resident writer from 1974.[1] Since 1979 Hein has worked as a freelance writer.
Hein first became known for his 1982 novella Der fremde Freund (The Distant Lover).
From 1998 to 2000 Hein was the first president of the pan-German PEN-Centre.[1]
According to Hein, the acclaimed film drama The Lives of Othe