Dea Loher | |
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Dea Loher | |
 Loher at the 2012 Erlanger Poetenfest | |
| Born | Andrea Beate Loher 1964 (age 61–62) Traunstein, Germany |
| Education | Berlin University of the Arts |
| Occupations | Playwright, author |
| Writing career | |
| Pen name | Dea Loher |
| Language | German |
| Genre | Drama |
Dea Loher (born 1964) is a German playwright and author.
Dea Loher was born Andrea Beate Loher in 1964 in Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany. She initially used the first name Dea as a pen name, but eventually changed her name officially to Dea. She studied German literature and philosophy at LMU Munich. She then spent a year in Brazil. In 1990, she began studying creative writing for the stage with Heiner Müller and Yaak Karsunke at the Berlin University of the Arts. Her first plays premiered in the early 1990s, and she gained recognition as one of the most important young playwrights of her time in Germany. Dea Loher has since been awarded major prizes for drama and literature in Germany, including the Joseph-Breitbach-Preis.
