Mathias Wedel

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Mathias Wedel (born August 10, 1953 in Erfurt ) is a journalist and writer . Since 2009 he has been editor-in-chief of Eulenspiegel . Wedel was an unofficial employee of the GDR State Security .

Life

Wedel received his doctorate in 1986 with the dissertation “On the functions of satire in socialism” at the Institute for Marxist-Leninist Culture and Art Studies at the Academy for Social Sciences of the Central Committee of the SED . Wedel worked as a lecturer at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin and worked as chairman of the cabaret advisory group on the federal board of the FDGB . In addition to texts for numerous amateur cabarets , Wedel also wrote for the Potsdam “Cabaret at the Obelisk”, of which he became director for several years in the late 1980s.

Various satirical books appeared after the fall of the Wall. In addition to books, he has published in Neues Deutschland , Junge Welt , taz and Konkret . In 1994, the text Einheitsfrust , in which Wedel coined the term “OM” (“East German fellow traveler”), attracted greater media attention . Shortly afterwards, the Super-Illu magazine reported on Wedel's many years of activity as an unofficial employee of the MfS (code name “Milan”, XVIII / 1440/73). This admitted a cooperation and claimed to have been monitored by the state security and that his so-called "victim file" existed.

Wedel was part of the ensemble of the Berlin cabaret "Charly M." (formerly "Kartoon").

Wedel also writes under the pseudonyms Matti Friedrich and Atze Svoboda.

Publications

  • Plums that ripened in the east. Stories from Merkelei . Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-359-01632-7
  • What happened if …? The high school of the subjunctive . Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-933544-78-5
  • With us in the village . Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-359-01451-0
  • Leash compulsion for Swabians . Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-359-00999-1
  • How I Abused My Children. The end of education . Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-89320-007-X
  • Erich lasts the longest. The zone must die; the PDS voter, the unknown being . Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-923118-74-0
  • Unity frustration . Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-87134-092-8
  • Not in a cell with cabbage! Pamphlets from recent German present . Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-320-01808-6
  • Sold out. A good dozen cabaret shows . Berlin 1989
  • “Satire” dispute . Leipzig 1988 (with Matthias Biskupek)
  • On the functions of satire in socialism . Diss. Berlin 1986

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with Mathias Wedel, in: trade union life , monthly FDGB 6 (1988), pp. 14-15.
  2. ↑ Ralf Schleiff: Potsdam cabaret remains inexpensive and the best quality . In: Märkische Volksstimme , Potsdam edition of June 28, 1990.
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.horch-und-guck.info
  4. ^ Henryk M. Broder : The OM was an IM . In: Der Spiegel . No. 39 , 1994, pp. 210-213 ( online ).
  5. ↑ Interview with Mathias Wedel, in: Berliner Zeitung , April 28, 1994. ( Online )
  6. ^ Mathias Wedel. Thuringian Literature Council, accessed on June 9, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Wedel, Mathias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and writer, unofficial employee of the GDR State Security
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Erfurt