Jutta Heinrich
German writer (1940–2021)

Jutta Heinrich (born (1940-04-04)April 4, 1940 in Berlin – (2021-07-23)July 23, 2021 in Hamburg) was a German feminist writer.
Biography
Jutta Heinrich was born on (1940-04-04)April 4, 1940 in Berlin. She grew up in Bavaria, attended primary and secondary school and then worked in various wholesale and retail businesses. She was the daughter of a lawyer, entrepreneur and artist by training, whose veneer and plywood factory she ran for a time.
After obtaining her Abitur (A-levels), she studied social pedagogy at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences from 1972[2] and German literature and studies at the University of Hamburg from 1975[2].
Alongside her studies, she began to publish literary works. In 1987, she took part in the Festival of German-Language Literature in Klagenfurt. From 1988, she was a lecturer in literature, politics and history at the universities of Bremen, Hamburg and Berlin. In 2005, she was invited to take part in a conference at the Berlin University of the Arts. Heinrich lives in Hamburg.
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