Michael Schneider (27)

Son of conductor and composer Horst Schneider (2) and brother of author Peter Schneider (15). Michael Schneider was born in Königsberg/East Prussia in 1943. He studied biology at the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg and the Sorbonne in Paris. He then studied philosophy, social sciences and religious studies at the Free University of Berlin. In 1974 he received his doctorate on Marx and Freud. He worked as an editor at the publishing house Klaus Wagenbach, as a freelance journalist and writer. From 1975 he worked as a dramaturge and in-house writer at the Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden. From 1981 he was a permanent employee of the ZDF-Matinee. Since 1991 he has worked as a lecturer and since 1995 as a professor at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy in the screenwriting department. He is a member of the PEN Club, the Academic Advisory Board of Attac Germany and the Magic Circle. His work consists of numerous publications, essays, novellas and plays. Scientific publications and essays: Neurosis and Class Struggle. On the Relationship between Psychoanalysis and Marxism (Reinbek near Hamburg 1973, translation in seven languages), Die Lange Wut zum langen Marsch, Essays on Politics and Literature (Reinbek near Hamburg 1975), Den Kopf verkehrt aufgesetzt Oder die melancholische Linke, Essays (Darmstadt 1981), Nur tote Fische schwimmen mit dem Strom, Essays, Aphorisms and Polemics (Cologne 1984), Iwan der Deutsche. A German-Soviet Journey from the Past to the Present, with Rady Fish (Darmstadt 1989), Das Unternehmen Barbarossa. The Repressed Legacy of 1941 and the Consequences for German-Soviet Relations (Darmstadt 1989), Die abgetriebene Revolution. From the State Company to the DM Colony (Berlin 1990), Das Ende eines Jahrhundertmythos. Eine Bilanz des Staatssozialismus (Cologne 1992). In addition, contributions to Konkret, Kursbuch, Literaturmagazin, FAZ, F.R., Freitag and in over 50 anthologies and magazines. Plays: Der Fall E., documentary play on the occupational bans (first performed in 1975 at the Hessisches Staatstheater, Wiesbaden), Die Wiedergutmachung. An ironic farce about denazification after 1945 (first performed in 1976 at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, book edition with documentation, Cologne 1987), Eine glatte Million, song play based on the novel of the same name by Nathanel West (first performed in 1977 at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden), Luftschloß unter Tage. About the Inner Life of the Sixty-Eighters (first performed in 1982 at the Landestheater Tübingen), Das Beil von Wandsbek. A German drama based on the novel of the same name by Arnold Zweig (first performed in 1988 at the Hessisches Staatstheater Darmstadt), Völker, leert die Regale! (Zony's Heirs). A German-German jester revue (first performed in 1993 at the Städtische Bühnen Münster). Screenplays:Bettine von Arnim - Kobold in Preußen (ZDF 1985) Das Leben wird ein Epigramm. On the 100th birthday of Georg Büchner (ZDF 1987) Teiresias im Exil. On the 100th birthday of Arnold Zweig (ZDF 1987), Die Dichter und die Räterepublik. Spurensuche einer vergessenen Revolution (ZDF 1990) Memberships: Michael Schneider is a member of the German PEN Center, the Association of German Writers (VS in IG-Medien), the Humboldt Society for Science, Art and Education e.V. and the Magic Circle of Germany. Prizes and sponsorships: 1980 ZDF-Aspekte-Literaturpreis for the magic novella Das Spiegelkabinett 1981, Preis zur Förderung des kulturellen Lebens der Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden 1986, Writer in residence at the German Department of the University of Warrick/ Great Britain 1988/89, Writer in residence at the German House New York Multiple scholarships from the German Literature Fund e.V.