Martin Schacht

Martin Schacht (* 1965 in Rendsburg ) is a German author , journalist and director who lives in Berlin and Bangkok . He is the author of documentaries and articles for 360 Grad / Arte , Geo and various TV magazines such as Galileo . In addition to travel books, he also publishes novels.

Martin Schacht

life and work

Martin Schacht was born in Rendsburg in 1965. After studying media sciences and visual communication at the TU Berlin , Schacht began his journalistic work. His first book as a co-author, the autobiography of the Berlin show legend Romy Haag , was published in 1999.

Since 1995 Schacht has also worked as an author and director for various broadcasters, in recent years mainly for Arte and knowledge magazines such as Galileo . After the Berlin novels Mittendrin und Straßen der Sehnsucht (Rowohlt 2003, 2004), Schacht relocated his life to Asia. In this context, the thriller Mandalay Moon (with Bettina Köster ), set in Burma, was created, which thematizes the search for the legendary drug princess Olive Yang against the backdrop of a love triangle. The travel books Instructions for Use for Thailand (2011) and Instructions for Use for Burma / Myanmar (2013) as well as numerous TV reports are also devoted to Asia. Schacht also works for print magazines such as Geo, Fashion Week Magazine and Brigitte. Alongside Berlin, Southeast Asia is a main theme of his work, as is fashion, art and design.

Trivia

Martin Schacht's photo book Stars in Heaven , which he published with the stylist Katja Hoeft, was awarded the German Design Prize in bronze.

After the Berlin Wall came down, Schacht was a gossip columnist for the city magazine Prinz under the pseudonym Carla Azard . The resulting photos were sold at the end of his activity as part of the performance “File Inspection” in the “Boudoir” gallery.

In 2004 Schacht founded the Münzsalon with gallery owners Michael Krome and Waling Boers , a private club with no fixed opening hours , in which Brad Pitt , Fatih Akin and Ben Becker have already been guests.

Publications (selection)

TV reports (selection)

• Myanmar - by train through time , 360 ° GEO report, Arte
• Bangkok's Treasure Diver , 360 ° GEO Report, Arte
• Most expensive jacket in the world , Galileo , Pro Sieben

Travel books

• Instructions for use for Thailand , Piper Verlag, Munich 2011 (revised version 2015), ISBN 978-3-492-27653-5
• Instructions for use for Burma / Myanmar , Piper Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-492-96125-7
• In the river of slowness: along the lifelines of Burma / Myanmar. Knauss, Hamburg and Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-046957-2
• Bangkok. Travel House Media, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-8342-2048-6

Novels

• Right in the middle . Roman, Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2002, ISBN 3-499-23178-6
• Streets of longing . Roman, Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2003, ISBN 3-499-23402-5
• Mandalay Moon . Roman, Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2007, ISBN 978-3-499-24362-2

Others

• Stars in Heaven . Photo book, Martin Schmitz Verlag, Berlin 1994, ISBN 978-3-927795-12-9
• The eternal target group . Social study, Argon Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-87024-591-3

Web links

• Literature by and about Martin Schacht in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Schacht. In: www.piper.de. Retrieved May 13, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Karl-Marx-Allee: Palaces for the people. In: ARTE Info. Retrieved May 13, 2016 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Myanmar - by train through time. In: www.geo.de. Retrieved May 13, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Martin Schacht - Author of Generation Golf. (No longer available online.) In: www.single-generation.de. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016 ; accessed on May 13, 2016 . 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.  
5. ↑ romy-haag | Lili Elbe. In: lilielbe1.wordpress.com. Retrieved May 13, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Jochen Breiholz: How Onassis got Romy. In: Welt Online. September 8, 1999, accessed May 13, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Martin Schacht Press. In: www.martin-schmitz-verlag.de. Retrieved May 13, 2016 . 
8. ↑ taz, the daily newspaper: - taz.de. In: www.taz.de. Retrieved May 13, 2016 . 
9. ↑ MINT SALON HISTORY. In: www.muenzsalon.net. Retrieved May 13, 2016 . 
10. ↑ The private club had to close because there was too much partying. The new audience is calmer: fashion in the coin salon. In: Berliner Zeitung. Retrieved May 13, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Berlin - Münzsalon - visitBerlin.de. In: www.visitberlin.de. Retrieved May 13, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Bangkok's Treasure Divers. In: www.geo.de. Retrieved May 18, 2016 . 
13. ↑ playvideo.de: Most expensive jacket in the world - Galileo. (No longer available online.) In: playvideo.de. Archived from the original on May 18, 2016 ; accessed on May 18, 2016 . 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.  
14. ↑ Instructions for use for Thailand. In: www.piper.de. Retrieved May 13, 2016 . 
15. ↑ Instructions for use for Burma / Myanmar. (No longer available online.) In: www.piper.de. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016 ; accessed on May 13, 2016 . 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.  
16. ↑ Martin Schacht. In: www.martin-schmitz-verlag.de. Retrieved May 13, 2016 . 
17. ↑ The Eternal Audience - Summary. In: getAbstract. Retrieved May 13, 2016 .