Renate Habets

Renate Habets was born in 1945. She spent her childhood and her school and university years in Cologne. She subsequently worked in Duisburg as a teacher of German and history, as a German subject coordinator, and ultimately as a deputy headteacher. After retiring in 2006, she turned increasingly to writing and painting. She published books, contributed texts to numerous anthologies issued by Paashaas Verlag, and worked there as an editor.