Tamara Bach (born January 18, 1976, in

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) is a German writer.

Life

Tamara Bach was born in Limburg an der Lahn in 1976 and grew up in

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. She was encouraged in her writing by her then German teacher, Peter Grosz. In 1993 and 1995 she took part in the prestigious meeting of young writers, where she earned an award. After finishing school in 1995, she went to

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as an

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. She began as a student in

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in 1996, but after three semesters she moved to

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. She has lived there since 1997, studying German and English at the Free University and completing her studies in early 2006. In addition to her studies, she worked for television and has developed youth plays. Her first book was ''Girl from Mars'', published in Germany in 2003. It won several awards, including the Luchs prize Luchs prize on German Wikipedia. for September, 2003, and the

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for the best youth book in 2004. She followed this with ''Busfahrt mit Kuhn'' in 2004, and ''Jetzt ist hier'' in 2007, which won the Luchs prize for 2007.

Works

*''Marsmädchen: Roman'', Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, 2005, **Translator Shelley Tanaka, ''Girl from Mars'', Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2009, **''Fran en annan planet: Roman'', Bergh, 2005, *''Busfahrt mit Kuhn'', F. Oetinger, 2004, ; DTV Deutscher Taschenbuch, 2007, **Translator Solveig Rasmussen ''En tid för allting'', Bergh, 2006, *''Jetzt ist hier'', Oetinger Friedrich GmbH, 2007,

References

External links

* * Ralf Schweikart
Der Mars ist so nah. Die Jugendbuchautorin Tamara Bach
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bach, Tamara 1976 births Living people People from Limburg an der Lahn German women writers