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Occupation
  
Novelist, physician

Name
  
Uwe Tellkamp

Nationality
  
German

Role
  
Writer


Notable works
  
Der Turm

Books
  
The Tower

Awards
  
German Book Prize

Uwe Tellkamp In Review The Tower by Uwe Tellkamp Asymptote Blog


Born
  
October 28, 1968 (age 56) Dresden, Germany (
1968-10-28
)

Notable awards
  
German Book Prize2008

Hommage an uwe tellkamp


Uwe Tellkamp (born October 28, 1968 in Dresden, East Germany) is a German writer and physician. He practised medicine until 2004. Before the fall of communism, he was enlisted in the National People's Army as a tank commander and imprisoned when he refused to break up a demonstration in October 1989. Until the fall of the German Democratic Republic shortly after, he was prohibited from studying medicine.

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Uwe Tellkamp Gesprch mit Uwe Tellkamp

In 2008 Tellkamp was awarded the German Book Prize for his novel Der Turm (The Tower), which describes life in 1980s East Germany.

Uwe Tellkamp Uwe Tellkamp liest in Mainz aus seinem Romanprojekt Lava

Mit uwe tellkamp im turm


Works

Uwe Tellkamp Universum der vergangenen Augenblicke ELBHANG KURIER

  • Der Hecht, die Träume und das Portugiesische Café (2000)
  • Der Eisvogel (2005)
  • Der Turm (2008)
  • Reise zur Blauen Stadt (2009)
  • Die Schwebebahn: Dresdner Erkundungen (2012)

    • References

    Uwe Tellkamp Wikipedia
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