Birger Sellin

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Birger Sellin (born February 1, 1973 in Berlin ) became known as the German author of book publications, which he is said to have written independently despite his disability as an autistic person .

Live and act

Sellin has shown signs of autism in his behavior since he was two years old - presumably due to post-encephalitic retardation - which severely impair him. Since August 1990, however, his parents have seen “ supported communication ” as a way of communicating with their son in writing. The journalist Michael Klonovsky became aware of the case in 1992 and wrote an article about Birger Sellin in the Hamburger Zeit magazine on July 31, 1992.

Sellin finally achieved greater fame through the 1993 book I don't want to be Inmich anymore , published by Klonovsky , which Sellin is said to have written independently with the help of supported communication. With over 80,000 copies sold and translations in seven languages, the book was very successful - but it also led to fierce controversies about supported communication and, as a result, to doubts about the credibility of Sellin's authorship. These controversies were not alleviated by two television programs with and about Birger Sellin.

Felix Kuballa shot the documentary for WDR about Birger Sellin like a lump of earth growing on the soul . In 1995, the film and Kuballa received the special award from the Minister of Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia at the Adolf Grimme Prize . And on August 30, 1995 Sellin had an appearance on the Stern-TV show with Günther Jauch , during which he was interviewed live by Jauch, supported by his mother .

After its books by 1993 and 1995 texts were by Birger Sellin in a song on an album of the band Pur , (1998) in a chamber opera (2000) and in an experimental radio - radio play used (2005).

On July 24, 2013, Stern-TV broadcast a feature about the now 40-year-old Birger Sellin with the title An autistic seeks contact with the outside world .

bibliography

Autobiographical

  • I don't want to be in-me anymore: messages from an autistic dungeon. Edited by Michael Klonovsky . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 1993, ISBN 3-462-02289-X
  • I deserter of a kind of autistic race: new messages to the people of the upper world . Edited by Michael Klonovsky. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-462-02457-4

Dramaturgical arrangements

  • I want out of here , a song by the band Pur using excerpts from I don't want to be in me anymore , contained in their album Mächtig viel Theater , 1998.
  • neverland man . Chamber opera. Texts: Birger Sellin. Music: Marc Schubring , concept and direction: Thomas Münstermann. First performance at the Osnabrück Theater , 2000.
  • I don't want to be inside me anymore - I don't want to be inside me anymore . Experimental radio play by Darren Copeland as an attempt at an acoustic implementation of the assumed inner world of an autistic person with set pieces from Birger Sellin's texts. A production by DeutschlandRadio Berlin , 2005.

literature

  • Berit Hansen: Understanding people with autism as subjects: “Supported discussions” with Birger Sellin . Weidler Buchverlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89693-192-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Martin Bampi: The method of supported communication using the example of Birger Sellin . Extract from diploma thesis, 1997
  2. ↑ Like a growing lump of earth on the soul 1v4
  3. ↑ a b c An autistic person seeks contact with the outside world ( Memento from July 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Feature about Birger Sellin z. Partly with earlier recordings, broadcast on July 24, 2013 under Stern-TV .de (25 seconds of advertising credits)

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personal data
SURNAME Sellin, Birger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author
DATE OF BIRTH 1st February 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin