Friedhelm Schneidewind

Friedhelm Schneidewind (born February 21, 1958 in Baumholder ) is a German writer , journalist , musician and lecturer .

life and work

Friedhelm Schneidewind spent his primary school days in Berlin, attended the Ludwigsgymnasium in Saarbrücken and graduated from the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Trier .

He studied biology and computer science in Saarbrücken . Together with his wife, he ran a printing company with an affiliated publishing house there from 1990 to 1996. From 1991 to 1996 he was chairman of the Studio-Theater-Verein , edited the Saarland cultural journal in his Logos-Verlag and founded the German Literature Theater Prize .

From 2003 to 2019, Schneidewind worked in Hemsbach as a freelance author, journalist, musician and lecturer, among other things in the media sector and for works councils. He has lived and worked in Mannheim since 2019.

Schneidewind published his first book in 1993, a collection of essays and stories, followed in 1994 by the vampiresque play Carmilla , which he and his wife at the time wrote and directed based on the eponymous story by Sheridan Le Fanu and in which they played the leading roles. The piece was performed over 60 times from 1994 to 2000, including at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig, Georgia and Romania.

Since then, Schneidewind has written around 25 other books, including eight encyclopedias, two non-fiction books, two song books, five volumes of short stories and a novel. The ABC around Harry Potter (2000) and The great Tolkien Lexicon (2001), which appeared in a second, expanded and updated edition in 2018, were particularly successful . As an expert on Middle-earth, Schneidewind appears again and again at events such as the RingCon, the HobbitCon, at trade fairs and in bookshops. In autumn 2019, Schneidewind published his first novel in Karl-May-Verlag.

Schneidewind is also active as a musician and bard under the name Amadeus Contraquies and has published several song books , recordings and videos. From 1986 to 1989 he directed the baroque ensemble Ensemble Lindale , and since 1995 the medieval group Conventus Tandaradey, which he co-founded . Since 2013 he has formed the duo Bardensang and Zauberklang with Alder's daughter Daniela Osietzki .

Awards and nominations

• 2017: two-month scholarship from the Künstlerhaus Edenkoben
• 2011: Festschrift for Friedhelm Schneidewind in the Oldib-Verlag Essen
• 2011: Honored for special services to Tolkien research and the Tolkien community
• 2010: Honorary member of Earth Rocks , Association for the Promotion of Fantastic Literature Austria

Published works (excerpt)

Non-fiction

• The lexicon all about blood . Lexikon Imprint Verlag, Berlin, 1999, ISBN 3-89602-231-8
• The dictionary of heaven and hell . Lexikon Imprint Verlag, Berlin, 2000, ISBN 3-89602-231-8 .
• Mythology and fantastic literature , Oldib-Verlag, Essen, 2008, ISBN 978-3-939556-04-6
• My middle earth. Articles and essays on Tolkien and his work . Oldib-Verlag, Essen, 2011, ISBN 978-3-939556-25-1 .
• The new large Tolkien lexicon . Conte-Verlag, St. Ingbert 2016, ISBN 978-3-95602-092-6 .
• Music in Tolkien's Work and Beyond . Walking Tree Publishers, Zollikofen / Jena, 2019 ISBN 978-3-905703-39-9 .

Novels & short stories

• White hell. Fantastic short stories (ed.) . Fantastic Miniatures Volume 20. Fantastic Library Wetzlar, 2016.
• The magic gate in the Caucasus . Karl-May-Verlag, Bamberg 2019, ISBN 978-3-7802-2508-5 .

Other works

• Carmilla (with Ulrike Schneidewind). Vampiresque play based on Sheridan Le Fanu from 1872. VERBVersum, Mannheim 2018, ISBN 978-3-932683-36-7

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A lot of time and a lot of knowledge Volksfreund (RP Online). May 18, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
2. ↑ Bühnenfoerderer from passion Saarbrücker Zeitung, March 31, 2015. Accessed on October 27, 2019.
3. ↑ The Explorer of Middle-earth Mannheimer Morgen, November 12, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
4. ↑ Vampryjournal Vampyrjournal.de Retrieved October 27, 2019.
5. ↑ There has never been so much girl power in Mittelerde Welt.de, April 6, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
6. ↑ The big book of fantasy is opened Saarbrücker Zeitung, August 25, 2017, accessed on October 27, 2019.
7. ↑ Fabulous Hobbit World Augsburger Allgemeine, November 5, 2012. Accessed October 27, 2019.
8. ^ Karl-May-Verlag Karl-May-Verlag, accessed on October 27, 2019.
9. ↑ Website of Amadeus Contraquies , Accessed on October 27 of 2019.
10. ↑ Journey into the Middle Ages Mannheimer Morgen, May 22, 2019. Accessed October 27, 2019.
11. ^ Noble verses about knights, villains and rabble. Mannheimer Morgen, December 15, 2017. Accessed October 27, 2019.
12. ↑ Scholarship holders at the Künstlerhaus Edenkoben, 2017 Accessed on October 29, 2019.
13. ↑ ceremony certificate for Friedhelm Schneidewind 29 April, 2011. Retrieved on October 29 of 2019.

Web links

• Literature by and about Friedhelm Schneidewind in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official website
• PAN profile from Friedhelm Schneidewind