Uwe Timm (Author of Die Entdeckung der Currywurst)

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Uwe Timm

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in Hamburg, Germany

March 30, 1940

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Uwe Timm was the youngest son in his family. His brother, 16 years his senior, was a soldier in the Waffen SS and died in Ukraine in 1943. Decades later, Uwe Timm approached his relationship with his father and brother in the critically acclaimed novel In my brother's shadow.

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 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 has been called as a Uwe Timm was the youngest son in his family. His brother, 16 years his senior, was a soldier in the Waffen SS and died in Ukraine in 1943. Decades later, Uwe Timm approached his relationship with his father and brother in the critically acclaimed novel In my brother's shadow.

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 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 has been called as a writer-in-residence to several universities in English-speaking countries: in 1981 to the University of Warwick, in 1994 to Swansea and in 1997 to the Washington University in St. Louis. He has also been a lecturer at universities in Paderborn, Darmstadt, L眉neburg and Frankfurt.

Timm started publishing in the early 1970s and became known to a larger audience in Germany after one of his children's books, Rennschwein Rudi R眉ssel, was turned into a movie. Today he is one of the most successful contemporary authors in Germany. His books Die Entdeckung der Currywurst (The Invention of Curried Sausage) and Am Beispiels meines Bruders (In my brother's shadow) can both be found on the syllabi of German schools. His readers usually appreciate Timm's writing style, which he himself calls "die 脛sthetik des Alltags" ("the aesthetics of everyday life"). Timm imitates everyday storytelling by using everyday vocabulary and simple sentences and generally tries to imitate the way stories are orally told. His works often indirectly link with each other by taking up minor characters from one story and making this character the main character of another work. For example, a minor character like Frau Br眉cker from Johannisnacht is taken up as a main character in his book Die Entdeckung der Currywurst. Timm's works also tend to have autobiographical features and often deal with the German past or are set in the German past. ...more

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	The Invention of Curried Sausage 3.44 avg rating — 3,841 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Am Beispiel meines Bruders 3.73 avg rating — 1,577 ratings — published 2003 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rennschwein Rudi R眉ssel 3.51 avg rating — 441 ratings — published 1989 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rot 3.72 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 2001 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ikarien 3.63 avg rating — 354 ratings — published 2017 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vogelweide 3.46 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Morenga by Uwe Timm, Breon Mitchell (Translator) 3.64 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 1978 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Halbschatten 3.27 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Midsummer Night by Uwe Timm, Peter Tegel (Translator) 3.42 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hei脽er Sommer 3.65 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 1974 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Es ist dieses Bild, mit dem ich lebe, sagte Dahlem, dieser vor den Flammen in den Tod springende Mann. Das Etui erinnert mich nicht nur an mein gerettetes Leben, sondern auch an den Tod des anderen. Der Splitter ist der blinde, sinnlose Zufall Leben.”
― Uwe Timm, Halbschatten

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“袨泻芯薪褔邪褌械谢薪芯褉械褕械薪懈械. 袠蟹褉邪蟹, 泻芯泄褌芯胁懈薪邪谐懈褖械锌褉械蟹懈褉邪屑. 袠写芯泻邪蟹邪褌械谢褋褌胁芯蟹邪褌芯胁邪, 褔械械蟹懈泻褗褌, 薪械屑褋泻懈褟褌, 褋褗褖芯斜械蟹邪谐褍斜懈谢褋胁芯褟褌邪薪械胁懈薪薪芯褋褌. 袧邪锌褉懈屑械褉褋褗泻褉邪褖械薪懈褟褌邪, 薪褟泻芯懈芯褌泻芯懈褌芯褋邪泻邪褌芯写邪屑谐邪胁褗褉褏褍薪械屑褋泻懈褟械蟹懈泻懈薪懈泻芯谐邪薪械褖械斜褗写邪褌蟹邪斜褉邪胁械薪懈: 小小, 小袛, 小袗. 袛褉褍谐懈褋褗泻褉邪褖械薪懈褟写薪械褋屑芯谐邪褌写邪斜褗写邪褌芯斜褟褋薪械薪懈械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪芯褋锌芯屑芯褖褌邪薪邪褋锌械褑懈邪谢薪懈褋锌褉邪胁芯褔薪懈褑懈: RFSS, OBH, RuSHA - 褋谢芯胁械褋薪懈蟹邪褌褗屑薪械薪懈褟, 泻芯懈褌芯褋械懈蟹锌芯谢蟹胁邪褏邪懈写褗谢谐芯褋谢械写胁芯泄薪邪褌邪. 肖邪褌屑邪褕泻懈褟褌卸邪褉谐芯薪, 械蟹懈泻芯胁懈褌械芯褋邪泻邪褌褟胁邪薪懈褟, 泻芯懈褌芯薪邪屑懈褉邪褏邪褋胁芯械褌芯褋褗芯褌胁械褌褋褌胁懈械胁褌械谢械褋薪邪褌邪薪邪泻褗褉薪械薪芯褋褌: 褏褉芯屑懈褏芯褉邪褋锌邪褌械褉懈褑懈, 锌褉懈褏胁邪薪邪褌褋斜械蟹芯锌邪褋薪邪懈谐谢邪锌褉邪蟹械薪褉褗泻邪胁薪邪褋邪泻芯褌芯, 薪邪胁懈褌懈泻褉邪褔芯谢懈, 褋泻褗褉褑邪褖懈锌褉芯褌械蟹懈.”
― Timm Uwe

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“That even in the dark times there are bright moments, and that the darker the times are the brighter those moments seem.”
― Uwe Timm, The Invention of Curried Sausage

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