Esther Becker
Esther Becker (* 1980 in Erlangen ) is a German writer , playwright and performer .
Life
After completing a master's degree in Scenic Arts Practice at the Bern University of the Arts, Esther Becker studied literary writing at the Swiss Literature Institute in Biel and at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig . In 2013 she received a working grant from the Theater Commission of the City of Zurich .
Becker is a member of the performance collective BigNotwendigkeit and is also on stage with his own texts, most recently in 2019 with the stand-up tragedy The Bitter End.
For her pieces, which are often aimed at a young audience, she received numerous awards, including being invited to the Heidelberger Stückemarkt in 2013 with the play Supertrumpf and in 2018 with Game Stock , a children's play on the subject of escape and solidarity . In 2014 she received the Kathrin Türks Prize, and in 2019 the Berlin Children's Theater Prize for Life is a Request Concert .
Becker lives and works in Berlin.
Works (selection)
- Drama
- Cowboy without a horse. WP Landesbühne Sachsen-Anhalt , Eisleben, April 2013.
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Trump card. WP Burghofbühne , Dinslaken, May 2015.
- as a radio play: Production Deutschlandradio Kultur , 2015.
- with Dominik Schuppich, Julia Sutter (texts): Closet. Radio play. Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) / Bern University of the Arts , 2016
- Mimosa. WP Even Theater , Zurich, February 2020.
- Life is a request concert. WP Grips-Theater , Berlin, March 2020.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b chr: Berlin Children's Theater Prize for Esther Becker. Accessed December 3, 2019 (German).
- ↑ a b c even - the literary theater. Retrieved December 16, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Esther Becker - Author's Lexicon. Retrieved December 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Disaffected by Manhattan. Accessed December 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Wildlife or One who set out to find a future by Esther Becker | Felix Bloch Erben GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Cowboy without a horse. at Verlag Felix Bloch Erben, accessed on December 16, 2019.
- ↑ Super Trump at Verlag Felix Bloch Erben, accessed on December 16, 2019.
- ↑ Supertrumpf children's radio play archive, article from December 11, 2016 on Deutschlandfunk Kultur, accessed on December 16, 2019.
- ^ "Closet" by students at the Bern University of the Arts. Retrieved on December 16, 2019 from the SRF website.
- ^ Mimosa at the Felix Bloch Erben publishing house, accessed on December 16, 2019.
- ^ "Life is a request concert" by Esther Becker in the program of the Grips-Theter, accessed on December 16, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Becker, Esther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, playwright and performer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | gain |