Stefan Heym was born on April 10, 1913 in Chemnitz, Germany as Helmut Flieg. He was a writer, known for Collin (1981), Die Frau des Architekten (2003) and Hostages (1943). He was married to Inge Wüste-Heym and Gertrude Gelbin. He died on December 16, 2001 in Jerusalem, Israel.