Falko Hennig

Falko Hennig (2004)

Falko Hennig (born October 22, 1969 in Berlin ) is a German writer , journalist and stage artist.

Life

Falko Hennig grew up in Ludwigsfelde and Rangsdorf . In addition to an apprenticeship as typesetter at the Ministry of National Defense (1986–1988), he began his Abitur at evening school, which he took in 1988. From 1988 to 1998 he worked as a taxi driver, construction worker, porter, tourist guide, nude model and factory worker. From 1991 he was an editor for the student newspaper of the Berlin Humboldt University UNBIGGED , and with that the first publications appeared. Columns and articles for newspapers and magazines followed since 1994. a. Scheinschlag , the daily newspaper , Salbader. , Titanic , Frankfurter Rundschau , Midwife Info, NRC Handelsblad , Junge Welt , FAZ and Berliner Zeitung .

Since 1995 he has been a permanent member of the Reformbühne Heim & Welt . He also appears on the Berlin reading stages .

In 1996 he founded the Berlin Charles Bukowski Society and is its chairman. He is also co-initiator (1997) of Radio Hochsee . In 1997/98 he worked on the novel Alles nur stolen , which resulted in a grant from Walter Kempowski . In 1999, this resulted in a "very minor" collaboration on Kempowski's Alkor , Das Echolot and Ortlinien as well as on the literature seminars of the north German author. There he perfected his "diary mania", which is "notorious" at his public appearances and readings.

He has been a freelance book author, journalist and speaker since 2000. In 1999 Hennig received a scholarship in the authors' workshop of the Literary Colloquium in Berlin , and in 2002 and 2003 at the Akademie Schloss Solitude near Stuttgart. In March 2002 he was awarded the Five Fingers Book Prize, a challenge cup made of a bronzed hand.

In 2007 he founded the Weltchronik together with Jochen Schmidt .

In 2009 he worked on an anniversary publication for the 300th birthday of the Charité hospital in Berlin and in 2010 published a book with bizarre stories from the history of the hospital. At the end of November 2010, the clinic accused him of plagiarism in the official anniversary book. The Charité withdrew the anniversary publication and initiated legal action, which was settled in early April 2012.

Falko Hennig is married, has two daughters from a previous relationship and lives in Berlin. He is an active member of the Autonama national football team .

Works

• Gastronomy in crisis: waiter's pieces . Wilson, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-9806095-5-3 .
• Everything just stolen . Maro Verlag, Augsburg 1999, ISBN 3-87512-246-1 .
• Satellites . Piper, Munich / Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-492-04381-X .
• Radio high seas . Piper, Munich / Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-492-27063-8 .
• Springfield on trip: Intoxication, madness and hallucinations in the "Simpsons" . Pieper and the Grüne Kraft, Löhrbach 2004, ISBN 3-930442-72-8 .
• 100% Berlin: what's inside, what's on, what's in . Knesebeck, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-89660-508-5 .
• The polar bear in anatomy: Stories from 300 years of the Charité . Eulenspiegel, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-359-02262-6 .
• Rickshaw blues . Omino, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-95894-098-7 .

As editor :

• Falko Hennig (Ed.): Volle Pulle Leben: 10 years of reform stage Heim & Welt . Goldmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-54228-6 .
• Falko Hennig (Ed.): 10 years of reform stage Heim & Welt: The historical sound documents . Reptiphon , Merenberg 2005, ISBN 3-9809464-8-7 .

As order writer :

• Karl Max Einhäupl , Detlev Ganten, Jakob Hein (eds.): 300 years of Charité - in the mirror of their institutes . de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-11-020256-4 . (Publication withdrawn.)

Web links

Commons : Falko Hennig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Falko Hennig in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website from Falko Hennig
• Incomplete chronicle blog by Falko Hennig

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Felix Stephan: On January 23rd at 11 p.m. Jochen Schmidt looked at the ceiling . In: Berliner Zeitung , February 2, 2007; about the world chronicle
2. ↑ Herman Horstkotte: In the hairdressing salon of science . Spiegel Online , December 1, 2010; Retrieved December 3, 2010
3. ↑ Karl M. Einhäupl, Detlev Ganten Ganten, Jakob Hein: Charité 300: Publications. (No longer available online.) December 1, 2010, archived from the original on December 4, 2010 ; Retrieved December 3, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Comparison in the plagiarism dispute . In: sueddeutsche.de . April 5, 2012
5. ↑ All information, unless otherwise stated: Jegor Jublimov, Henning, Gliege. Cheers of the week, in: Junge Welt, October 23, 2019.