Fabian Scheidler
Fabian Scheidler (born July 22, 1968 in Bochum ) is a German author and dramaturge. He is co-founder of the independent television magazine Context TV and has worked as a dramaturge for the Grips-Theater for many years . In 2009, he received the Otto Brenner Media Prize for critical journalism for his journalistic and artistic work at Attac .
Life
Scheidler studied history and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin and theater directing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main.
Since 2001 he has been working as a freelance writer for print media, television, theater and opera.
In 2009 he and David Goeßmann founded the independent television magazine Context TV, which regularly produces programs on issues of global justice and ecology.
In 2010 he was program coordinator of the Attac banking tribunal in the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz.
As a dramaturge and playwright, he worked for the Berlin Grips Theater for many years.
In 2013, his opera “Death of a Banker” was premiered at the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater in Görlitz .
In 2015 Fabian Scheidler's book “Das Ende der Megamaschine. History of a Failing Civilization ”published by Promedia Verlag (Vienna).
Works
Books
- Is There Life After Growing? In: Perspectives! VSA, Hamburg 2004.
- together with Stefanie Kaluza, Marc Amann: Theater in Motion. Advancing global justice with ease. A manual. Edited by Grips Werke eV, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-00032631-8 .
- The end of the mega machine. History of a Failing Civilization. Promedia, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85371384-6 , table of contents.
- Chaos: The New Age of Revolutions. Promedia, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85371426-3 .
- The full and the empty world. Essays and pictures. thinkOya, Klein Jasedow 2019, ISBN 978-3-94729606-4 .
- Paths to a sustainable economy. The crisis of life on earth and the great restructuring of society. Philosophical Conversations, Volume 60, Helle Panke, Berlin 2020.
theatre
- Great climate. Play for people from six, premiered at the Grips-Theater Berlin in 2007
- Death of a banker. Opera by Fabian Scheidler (concept and libretto) and Andreas Kersting (music), premiered at the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz-Zittau in 2013
Awards
- 2009: For his journalistic work at Attac he was awarded the Otto Brenner Media Prize for critical journalism.
- 2015: proZukunft top ten future literature 2015 for The End of the Mega Machine . History of a Failing Civilization
Web links
- Website of "The End of the Mega Machine" , Scheidler's last book publication
- Website of the news magazine Context-TV in Berlin, of which Scheidler is co-founder
- Author's website
- Leaving the mega machine , article by Fabian Scheidler. In Oya , 37/2016 .
- Space and memory (excerpt from: Fabian Scheidler book The full and empty world , thinkOya, 2019). In Oya , 57/2020 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Author - The End of the Mega Machine. Retrieved May 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Otto Brenner Prize for the best media project : program booklet for the award ceremony. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Otto Brenner Prize for the best media project : program booklet for the award ceremony. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Top ten future literature 2015 . In: The Robert Jungk Library for Future Issues (JBZ) . December 1, 2015 ( jungk-bibliothek.org [accessed January 10, 2018]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scheidler, Fabian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and dramaturge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bochum |