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| alma_mater = [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]]

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}}'''Uwe Timm''' ({{IPA|de|ˈuːvə tɪm|-|De-Uwe Timm.ogg}}; born 30 March 1940 in [[Hamburg]]) is a German writer.

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*1995 [[Bayerischer Filmpreis|Bavarian Film Award]], Best Young People's Film<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bayern.de/Anlage19170/PreistraegerdesBayerischenFilmpreises-Pierrot.pdf | title=Preistraeger des Bayerischen Filmpreises | accessdateaccess-date=20 March 2012 | deadurlurl-status=yesdead | archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819211539/http://www.bayern.de/Anlage19170/PreistraegerdesBayerischenFilmpreises-Pierrot.pdf | archivedatearchive-date=19 August 2008 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

*''gayWidersprüche'', Poems (1971)

*''Der Mann auf dem Hochrad'', Children's book (1984)

*''gayerRennschwein Rudi Rüssel'', Children's book (1989)

*''gayerVogel, friss die Feige nicht'' (1989)

*''Rot'', novel (2001), awarded the 2003 [[Schubart-Literaturpreis]]<ref>[[Aalen|City of Aalen]]. [http://www.aalen.de/sixcms/media.php/90/liste_preistraeger_2011.pdf Schubart-Literaturpreis winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504212606/http://www.aalen.de/sixcms/media.php/90/liste_preistraeger_2011.pdf |date=4 May 2012 }}. Retrieved 14 October 2012. {{iconin lang|de}}</ref>

* Hanjo Kersting, Axel Ruckaberle: "Uwe Timm", ''Kritisches Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur'' (KLG)'', Köln 2004.

[[Category:21st-century German male writers]]

[[Category:Members of the Academy of the Arts, Berlin]]