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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
| name = Uwe Timm
| image = Uwe Timm, Frankfurter Buchmesse
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| caption = Timm (
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1940|03|30}}
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| nationality =
| education = PhD in German literature
| alma_mater = [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]]
| spouse = Dagmar Ploetz
| children =
| period = 1971–present
| genre =
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| awards = {{awd|[[Heinrich-Böll-Preis]]|2009}} {{awd|[[Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis]]|1990}}
}}'''Uwe Timm''' ({{IPA
==Life and work==
Uwe Timm was born in 1940 in Hamburg, and was the youngest son in his family. His brother, 16 years his senior, was a soldier in the {{lang|de|[[Waffen
After working as a furrier, Timm studied Philosophy and German in [[Munich]] and Paris, achieving a PhD in German literature in 1971 with his thesis ''The Problem of Absurdity in the Works of [[Albert Camus]]''. During his studies, Timm was engaged in leftist activities of the 1960s. He became a member of the [[Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund|Socialist German Student Union]] and was associated with [[Benno Ohnesorg]]. From 1973 to 1981 he was a member of the [[German Communist Party]]. Three times Timm was appointed writer-in-residence at universities in English-speaking countries: in 1981 at the [[University of Warwick]], in 1994 at [[Swansea]], and in 1997 at [[Washington University in St. Louis]]. He has also been a lecturer at universities in Paderborn, Darmstadt, Lüneburg, and Frankfurt.
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[[Category:Academics of the University of Warwick]]
[[Category:Academics of Swansea University]]
[[Category:Washington University in St. Louis faculty]]
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