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Elke Heidenreich: Biography, Facts and Career

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Elke Heidenreich (née Riegert; born 15 February 1943) is a German author, TV presenter, literary critic and journalist. She has written audio plays, a magazine column, scripts for television plays and books. Heidenreich is known as the Kabarettist who created a character, Else Stratmann. She is a literary critic in the television Literaturclub of the Schweizer Fernsehen. She was awarded a Goldene Kamera in 1981, and the Bambi in 2003 for her series Lesen!, aimed at making reading of literature more popular. In 2006, she received the Grimme Award for her life's work in television. Her children's book Nero Corleone was translated to many languages and received several international prizes. She wrote Alte Liebe in collaboration with Bernd Schroeder, with whom she was married from 1972 but separated in the 1990s. Passionate about opera, she worked for children's operas at the Cologne Opera for 12 years, and wrote librettos and books, introducing a broader public to its culture.

Quick facts about Elke Heidenreich

  • Full name: Elke Heidenreich
  • Born: 1943-02-15
  • Nationality: Germany
  • Known as: Actor
  • Wikidata ID: Q91428

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Who is Elke Heidenreich?

Elke Heidenreich (née Riegert; born 15 February 1943) is a German author, TV presenter, literary critic and journalist.

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Elke Heidenreich is Germany.

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Elke Heidenreich was born on 1943-02-15.

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