David Chotjewitz

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David Chotjewitz (born May 14, 1964 in Berlin ) is a German writer and theater director .

childhood and education

David Chotjewitz is the second son of the writer Peter O. Chotjewitz and the publicist Renate Chotjewitz-Häfner . In 1967 the family moved to Rome, where Chotjewitz grew up until 1973. He attended the Italian elementary school and later the German school in Rome . In 1973 he moved with his parents and brother to the small north Hessian village of Kruspis. Until 1981 he attended school in Bad Hersfeld .

In 1982 Chotjewitz began training as a publishing bookseller, initially at the Weismann Verlag in Munich , and from the spring of 1984 at Rowohlt Verlag , Reinbek.

Writers and much more

In 1983 he married and their daughter Sarah was born.

In the spring of 1984 his first literary book was published, the collection Frühhreif - texts from the plastic bag , in 1984 the first radio play , Patience Holfstätter or The First Kiss . In 1988 he began translating Norma Klein's novels for Alibaba Verlag in Frankfurt . In the nineties Chotjewitz worked for independent theater groups in Hamburg and assisted there at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus and the Vienna Burgtheater.

1992-1994 he studied with the Javanese dance and performance teacher Suprapto Suryodarmo in Java . In the following years he worked with the Healing Theater in Cologne and the Julia Pascal Company in London. His novel about Albert Einstein , The Adventure of Thinking , was published in 1994 and received great attention and was reprinted several times, most recently by Carlsen Verlag in Hamburg . The youth novel Daniel Halber Mensch was also successful in the USA under the English title Daniel Half Human .

In 1999 Chotjewitz staged his first own theater work with The One -Eyed Carp, based on a story by Kenzaburo Oe . In 2000 he founded the Theater: Playstation , with which he produced projects such as Blut on the Dancefloor in a techno disco and in cooperation with Kampnagel Hamburg Die, Popstar, Die . In 2008 he implemented the Authority for Favorite Songs project .

He lives in Hamburg .

Awards

Chotjewitz received for his literary work a. a.

Works

  • Early maturity - texts from the plastic bag , Munich 1984.
  • The first kiss or patience, Hofstätter , radio play, Süddeutscher Rundfunk 1987.
  • Books were her fate , radio play, Westdeutscher Rundfunk 1988.
  • In the middle of the crowd , radio play, Norddeutscher Rundfunk 1989.
  • The great silence , radio play, Norddeutscher Rundfunk 1992.
  • Marie is dead, the radio is off ... , radio play, Radio Bremen 1993.
  • Daniel - The Childish Hero , radio play, Radio Bremen 1994.
  • The adventure of thinking, novel about Albert Einstein , Frankfurt 1994.
  • Deadly Safari, Roman , Frankfurt 1995.
  • Karl Marx - novel from the life of a young philosopher , Frankfurt 1996.
  • Daniel Halber Mensch , youth novel, Hamburg 2000.
  • Javanese Shadows , radio play, NDR 2001.
  • Mr. Pitiful - The Life of Otis Redding , broadcast feature, SDR 2002.
  • The adventure of thinking , Roman, Carlsen, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-551-20984-7 .
  • Crazy Diamond , Roman, Hamburg 2005.

Theater works

  • The one-eyed carp , after Kenzaburō Ōe , Hamburg 2000
  • The dream walkers , Hamburg 2001
  • Blood on the Dancefloor , Hamburg 2002
  • Die, pop star, die , Hamburg 2003
  • Boys don't Cry , Hamburg 2005
  • Daniel Halber Mensch , Hamburg 2006
  • The authority for favorite songs , Hamburg 2007/2008
  • And the music plays along with it - The career of Rosita Serrano in Germany , Hamburg 2010
  • Narcissus and the Revolution , Hamburg 2012
  • The Living Jukebox , Hamburg 2013

Translations

  • Norma Klein: Family ties 1988
  • Norma Klein: Daddys Darling 1989
  • Norma Klein: The Way Back 1989
  • Norma Klein: Madison or The Freedom of Youth 1990
  • Norma Klein: Leda or the beginnings of love 1991
  • Edith Konnecky : Allegra Maud Goldmann 1992
  • Hatty Naylor : In a cardboard box (radio play) 1992
  • Slelagh Stephenson : Fivefold Silence (radio play) 2003

Reviews on the Internet

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personal data
SURNAME Chotjewitz, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chotjewitz, David Julian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and director
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin