Johannes Kram

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Johannes Kram, 2012

Johannes Kram (born March 19, 1967 in Trier ) is a German author , lyricist , blogger and marketing strategist .

Life

As the manager of Guildo Horn at the time, Kram was responsible for its media campaign for its participation in the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest in Birmingham . The media work carried out by Kram as a campaign is considered to be largely responsible for the hype surrounding the singer, which led it to his appearance. It is considered to be one of the best German PR campaigns of the 1990s.

In 2002, on the occasion of the countdown to the Grand Prix 2002, Kram wrote the song To Be or Not to Be for Zarah together with Guido Craveiro and Michael Holm , which reached 15th place in the preliminary round.

In his Nollendorf blog he has been writing since 2009 under the motto I have nothing against gays, but about homophobia and the role of lesbians and gays in society.

Kram was one of the founding editors of the media debate portal Vocer as well as the author and, together with the Association of Lesbian and Gay Journalists, the initiator of the Waldschlösschen appeal against homophobia in the media. The appeal was published in full by dpa as part of the discussion about an allegedly homophobic edition of the ARD program Menschen bei Maischberger . In July 2017, Kram was selected as the theme ambassador of the Diversity Charter for the subject of “Sexual Orientation and Identity”.

In 2018, his book I have nothing against gay people was published by the Berlin publisher Querverlag - The terrible nice homophobia in the middle of society , which sparked a debate about everyday homophobia . The comedians Dieter Nuhr and Jürgen von der Lippe defended themselves in the mirror against homophobia allegations that Kram had raised against them in his book.

Kram develops plays in various genres. His musical Khao San Road was premiered in 2009 in the Meistersaal at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin in the form of a scenic reading . His one-person piece Seite Eins is about the everyday machinery of modern mass media and their makers. It premiered on September 5, 2014 with the actor and comedian Ingolf Lück under the direction of Christian Schäfer at the Gütersloh Theater. There were now five different side one productions, u. a. with Ingolf Lück and Boris Aljinovic .

Kram was the head writer of the theater film Shakespeare's Last Round (2018). To mark the 200th birthday of Karl Marx was in May 2018 Trier Krams Marx! Love! Revolution! premiered, a “play to go along” that takes place in original locations. The piece also addresses the controversial discussion about the more than five meter high Karl Marx statue , which was given to the city of Trier for the Marx anniversary of the People's Republic of China .

As a freelance author, Kram primarily writes on topics from culture, society and communication. Since 2016 Kram has been writing a monthly column entitled Politically Correct! on the media-critical watch blog Bildblog .

In 2018 he was honored with the Tolerantia Award in Paris , which is given annually to personalities in five different European countries. The jury statement said: “We appreciate him for using these [his extraordinarily many talents] so consistently and over the years for the interests of LGBTI people. With his interventions, Johannes Kram succeeded in carrying the concerns of the community over into the 20th century and making them accessible to a younger (and wider) audience. "

In February 2019, Kram founded the non-partisan European initiative "Do something for Europe eV" together with Martin Schulz as chairman and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf , Franziska Brantner , Carolina Chimoy , Horand Knaupt and Vera Lisakowski . As campaign manager, he developed a large pro-European campaign together with the communications agency Scholz & Friends , which was launched on Europe Day 2019, May 9, in the Allianz Forum in Berlin.

On July 6, 2019, Johannes Kram was awarded the compass needle of the NRW gay network , one of the most important queer prizes in Germany, at the CSD reception in Cologne in front of around 800 invited guests . In her laudation, the journalist Aslı Sevindim said: “We can learn so much from him: whether he declares war on racists or discusses young people's coming-out problems. Johannes Kram always makes it clear: All of this concerns you too! If everyone is looking for the opportunity to say that they have nothing to do with it - then nothing will change or improve for anyone. ”Kram's speech with the title“ Stonewall was not an online petition! ”Was documented on queer.de.

Johannes Kram lives and works in Berlin .

honors and awards

Works (selection)

  • I have nothing against gays, but ...: The terribly nice homophobia in the middle of the society Quer Verlag, Berlin, 2018.
  • Operetta for two gay tenors , music theater piece by Johannes Kram (book and lyrics) and Florian Ludewig (music), 2017.
  • Shakespeare's Last Round , film, director: Achim Bornhak , script: Susanne Finken, Johannes Kram, Heiko Martens, Marc Pommerening and Achim Bornhak, Germany 2016.
  • Seite Eins, play for a man and a smartphone by Johannes Kram, 2014.
  • Khao San Road , musical by Johannes Kram (book and lyrics) and Florian Ludewig (music), 2009.
  • My dearest piece , Espresso Verlag, Germany 2006, ISBN 3-88520-950-0 .
  • Wash, Cut, Lay , Film, Director: Adolf Winkelmann , Screenplay: Johannes Kram, Stefan Weigl and Adolf Winkelmann , Germany 1999.
  • Thank you! The master chats from the sewing box. Guildo Horn with Johannes Kram and Roland Schwinn. Econ-Taschenbuch-Verlag , Munich 1998. 181 pp. ISBN 3-612-26421-4 .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.stefan-niggemeier.de/blog/5187/guildo-horn/ Stefan Niggemeier : Guildo Horn. Our man in Birmingham. How the pop singer Guildo Horn became unbeatable with the help of the media . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 28, 1998.
  2. ↑ http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-7891504.html Barbara Supp : The master of the master . In: Der Spiegel , No. 20, 1998.
  3. ↑ triumphalism in Ironesien . In Der Spiegel , No. 10, 1998.
  4. ↑ http://www.ecgermany.de/archiv/Dv2002.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/zarah103.html
  6. ↑ http://www.vocer.org/author/johannes-kram/
  7. ↑ http://www.blsj.de/uploads/BLSJ-PM_Waldschloesschen-Appell_2013-06-10.pdf
  8. ↑ http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=19402
  9. ↑ http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=21017
  10. ↑ http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/medien/-maischberger-talk-aerger-um-homophobie-diskussion,10809188,26150206.html
  11. ↑ http://www.ksta.de/medien/-maischberger-talk-aerger-um-homophobie-diskussion,15189656,26150206.html
  12. ↑ DPA-Starline: Media: Anger about "People at Maischberger". In: Focus Online . February 10, 2014, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  13. ↑ http://www.tagesspiegel.de/weltspiegel/queer-magazin-will-maischberger-homo-hasser-als-gaeste-verbieten/9459488.html
  14. ↑ Diversity of perspectives benefits the economy. In: Diversity Charter. July 25, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .
  15. ↑ homophobic? Not me ... Frankfurter Rundschau, March 14, 2018
  16. ↑ "It's actually very simple: Being gay is not funny" . t-online.de, May 10, 2018
  17. ↑ Why everyone is homophobic . Bayerischer Rundfunk, September 28, 2018
  18. ↑ That's why Germans still love to laugh at homophobic jokes . vice.com, March 14, 2018
  19. ↑ They are even allowed to get married now! . Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 7, 2018
  20. ↑ Von der Lippe and Nuhr defend gay jokes . Spiegel online, March 3, 2018
  21. ↑ Arno Widmann : “Kram doesn't just know exactly what he's talking about. He has the enviable ability to make it clear to others. In his blogs, Kram takes up sentences, remarks and arguments. He makes us aware of what we are saying. One has not understood this principle if one invokes the excellence of the character of the author of this utterance against this criticism. ”In: Berliner Zeitung. Quoted in: "I have nothing against gays, but ..." - excellent author Johannes Kram . cruisermagazin.ch, October 7, 2018
  22. ↑ http://www.felix-bloch-orben.de/index.php5/pid/4045/Action/showPlay/fbe/091kv1fmtg88073u21jtkat7i3/
  23. ↑ Gap between truth and reality . Review of the play SEITE EINS. In: The Bell , September 9, 2014
  24. ↑ Berlin author Johannes Kram: The main thing is that the story pops . Review of the play SEITE EINS. In: Der Tagesspiegel , March 3, 2015
  25. ↑ http://www.theater-gt.de/programm/spielzeit/index.gt?cid=27383
  26. ↑ Ingolf Lück : "I'm good at funny" . Interview on the piece SEITE EINS. In: Die Glocke , August 12, 2014
  27. ↑ Journalists on an ego trip . Review of the play SEITE EINS. In: Neue Westfälische , September 8, 2014
  28. ↑ 3sat.online: Shakespeare's last round -. In: www.3sat.de. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
  29. ↑ https://www.welt.de/regionales/rheinland-pfalz-saarland/article175994099/Theaterstueck-Der-junge-Marx-streit-mit-seinem-Denkmal.html
  30. ↑ https://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/kultur/sz-kultur/das-soll-ich-sein-fragt-karl-marx_aid-22336347
  31. ↑ https://www.volksfreund.de/themen/karl-marx/karl-marx-200-geburtstag-theater-johannes-kram-marx-love-revolution_aid-22316207
  32. ↑ http://www.perlentaucher.de/9punkt/2014-02-14.html
  33. ↑ http://m-maenner.de/author/johannes-kram/
  34. ↑ http://meedia.de/2013/06/12/der-spiegel-hat-homo-tourette-syndrom/
  35. ↑ Politically Correct! - BILDblog. In: www.bildblog.de. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
  36. ↑ https://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=31855
  37. ↑ https://www.blu.fm/aktuell/community/tolerantia-award-johannes-kram/
  38. ↑ https://do-something-for-europe.com/verein/
  39. ↑ https://sf.com/myeurope-tu-was-fuer-europa/
  40. ↑ https://schwules-netzwerk.de/laudatio-sevindim/
  41. ↑ https://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=34005
  42. ↑ https://schwules-netzwerk.de/laudatio-sevindim/
  43. ↑ Johannes Kram receives Tolerantia Award. In: www.queer.de. September 2, 2018, accessed October 8, 2018 .
  44. ↑ Nominees - Grimme Online Award. In: www.grimme-online-award.de. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
  45. ↑ http://www.blu.fm/blu/kultur/operette-fuer-zwei-schwule-tenoere/
  46. ↑ Achim Bornhak: Shakespeare's last round. April 27, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
  47. ↑ Homepage of the piece on page one
  48. ↑ http://bangkok.mushistubeasia.com/2014/12/02/khao-san-road-musical-teaser/
  49. ↑ http://www.kino.de/kinofilm/waschen-schenken-legen/51576
personal data
SURNAME Stuff, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author, lyricist, blogger and marketing strategist
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH trier